Organizations and Agencies
Maryland Fathers Fathers United For Equal Rights Foundation Fathers United, P.O.Box 3308, Silver Spring, MD 20918, telephone (301)927-7638 Children’s Rights Council of Maryland CRC of Maryland, 417 Pershing Drive, Silver Spring, MD 20910, telephone (301) 588-0262 CRC Children's Rights Council international headquarters in Washington, DC Suite 401, 300 I ("eye") Street NE, Washington, DC 20002, telephone (202)547-6227 MRPNFF Maryland Regional Practitioners Network for Fathers and Families MRPNFF, 10 South Wolfe Street, Baltimore, Maryland, 21231, telephone (410)534-4202 Maryland Judicial Equality Committee A local civil rights advocacy group of concerned citizens working to reform the civil legal system. We seek to challenge the use of euphemisms and stereotypes, which causes bias in the courtroom. P.O. Box 974, Rockville, MD 20848-0974 Mensactivism.org Men's Activism News Network, a web site which tracks news and information about men's issues from around the world. Our particular focus is on promoting activism in support of men's rights and equality, and providing readers with the latest news stories is one way to inform and empower men's rights activists in their goals to create a more just and fair society. Stand Your Ground dedicated to the issues of gender and sexism. It is meant to be a place that is friendly towards men and women, boys and girls, and offers an arena to speak your truth and stand your ground. For this purpose we have forums available. We plan to have sections to offer ideas about getting in touch with your Senators and Congressmen on related gender issues and a section highlighting men's stories. Crisis, Grief & Healing This page is meant to be a place men and women can discuss , (main, child-loss, siblings ) , chat, or simply browse to understand and honor the many different paths to heal strong emotions. TOM GOLDEN LCSW of Washington D.C. is an internationally known psychotherapist, author, and speaker on the topic of healing from loss. Family of Men working to ensure that the cries of male victims are heard alongside those of women and children who are also victims of abuse, as all victims deserve our support. Our Mission is to reduce family violence through community education and the introduction of a formal support system for men. Our goal is to provide immediate and adequate options for men who find themselves at risk of either hurting their partner or being hurt themselves. The society is for men who want to remove themselves from a potentially explosive domestic situation with dignity. It provides a positive form of intervention and help before anyone is hurt and before the children experience violence at home-thereby stopping the cycle of violence. DivorceMagazine.com They have excellent links, and amazing "statistics" on divorce/custody/..
AKidsRight.org Our kids have rights too -- and their most important right is: To be with your Mom & Dad
RelentlessDefense.comAbuse-Excuse provides resource information and more to adults unjustly accused of child abuse, child neglect, sexual child abuse, "repressed" memories, sexual harassment, or domestic violence (spousal abuse). We aim to help the falsely and wrongly accused to articulate scientific facts to child protection investigators, teachers, attorneys and judges, urging them to exercise caution in their "rush to judge" abuse
calls.
FamilyCourts.com Educate the American public about divorce and the state-sponsored abuse of children taking place in our family courts today and to propagate reform for the betterment of all generations to come.
Domestic Violence Against Men in Colorado Our objective is to fix the problem, not the blame. The Equal Justice Foundation attempts to provide information and help to those men and women who have been unjustly accused of domestic violence or abuse, or anyone who has been falsely accused.
National Coalition of Free Men National Coalition of Free Men (NCFM) is a non-profit educational organization that looks at the ways sex discrimination affects men and boys.
Fathers Canada This web site is looking at women's violence and what the Law's really gives out to women who commit crimes of violence, murder, and violations on Fathers Rights with their Children in the Law. As there is a lot of information out on the Internet on men's violence, but very little on Women's Violence.
FACT - organization in Canada Fathers Are Capable Too - Supporting a child's right to both parents
Telephone: 416-410-FACT (3228)
Delta Bravo SPARC, the Separated Parenting Access & Resource Center.
SPARC's goal is to ensure that children of divorce continue to have meaningful relationships with both parents, regardless of marital status. We advocate on behalf all non-custodial parents (especially fathers) to ensure they get equitable treatment in court and continued access to their children. In addition, we work to promote gender equality in Divorce and Custody issues.
The Mens Center Our mission is to assist men in finding male positive resources, information, and support. We seek to empower men to lead healthy, productive and fulfilling lives. This will ultimately be beneficial to all men, women and children.
Guideline Economics is the home for economic research on child costs and child support guidelines.
FALSE ACCUSATIONS OF RAPE Webring The FALSE ACCUSATIONS OF RAPE Webring is open to sites which deal with the problem of false accusations of rape. These include sites which profile individual cases of false accusations, sites which raise awareness and educate regarding false accusations of rape, and sites which provide information and assistance to people who have been falsely accused of rape.
Parental Alienation Parents Who Have Successfully Fought Parental Alienation Syndrome
Shattered Men focusing on domestic, emotional, psychological physical and sexual abused and battered men and women from a biblical prospective, often resulting from a history of childhood abuse.,
Special Victims, Inc This site is dedicated to building a public resource on matters directly related to Premises Liability as it coincides with sexual assault. It has been conceived with the explicit notion of helping attorneys, investigators and the public navigate the often complex and seemingly overwhelming issues involved in premises liability cases that stem from sex crimes. It is intended to be both a legal and investigative resource, designed to fill a conspicuous void in the premises liability investigative and forensic realm - the false report.
Angries Out Talk, Trust & Feel Therapeutics provides innovative toys and books to help parents, teachers and therapists teach children to express uncomfortable feelings, take responsibility for their own behavior and learn positive social skills. Our commitment is to develop products to help children feel good about identifying and breaking into their acts of power and replacing them with acts of love. Our unique mission is to help children and adults learn how to deal with their anger and express it in safe, constructive ways. Our philosophy is that changing our world is possible when adults approach children's misbehavior with love and compassion and teach them better ways to act. We are a mom, pop and daughter company determined to make a difference on the planet.
Fathers Manifesto Fighting feminism, ending affirmative action, and restoring responsible fatherhood
Cato Institute The Cato Institute seeks to broaden the parameters of public policy debate to allow consideration of the traditional American principles of limited government, individual liberty, free markets and peace. Toward that goal, the Institute strives to achieve greater involvement of the intelligent, concerned lay public in questions of policy and the proper role of government.
The Heritage Foundation Founded in 1973, The Heritage Foundation is a research and educational institute - a think tank - whose mission is to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense.
Truth In Justice Truth in Justice is a non-profit organization working to free wholly innocent men and women convicted of crimes they did not commit, and to prevent wrongful convictions by educating the public regarding the vulnerabilities in the U. S. criminal justice system that make these miscarriages possible.
The Center for Individual Rights The Center for Individual Rights (CIR) is a nonprofit public interest law firm dedicated to the defense of individual liberties. CIR provides free legal representation to deserving clients who cannot otherwise afford or obtain legal counsel and whose individual rights are threatened. CIR strives to make the best use of its limited financial and legal resources. To that end, CIR carefully selects a handful of cases each year that have the greatest potential to protect individual rights. Because effective legal advocacy requires a high level of specialization, CIR concentrates its resources in those areas where individual rights are most at risk.
Institute for Justice Once people turned first to the ACLU whenever government violated their rights. No longer. As that group has fought in recent years to create a right to welfare, to preserve racial preferences, and to prop up the pillars of the welfare state, people have increasingly sought a principled alternative that will protect individual rights rather than expand government. That alternative is the Institute for Justice. If you seek a courtroom champion for individual liberty, free market solutions, and limited government, look only as far as the Institute for Justice.
California State University, Long Beach
The Innocence Project The Innocence Project at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, created by Barry C. Scheck and Peter J. Neufeld in 1992, is a non-profit legal clinic. This Project only handles cases where postconviction DNA testing of evidence can yield conclusive proof of innocence.
National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information
Maryland Child Support EnforcementList of Pro-Father Organizations