Approximately 850 million people worldwide are malnourished. About a billion people have no access to safe drinking water. Forty million people are infected with HIV/AIDS, 95% of whom live in developing countries. More than a billion people worldwide are living on less than a dollar a day. One in six people are illiterate.
"If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each person's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm hostility."  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

American Friends Service Committee - is a practical expression of the faith of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Committed to the principles of nonviolence and justice, it seeks in its work and witness to draw on the transforming power of love, human and divine.

Amnesty International - a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights

Fellowship of Reconciliation - an interfaith and international movement with branches and groups in over 40 countries and on every continent. Today the membership of FOR includes Jews, Christians, Buddhists, Muslims, and people of other faith traditions, as well as those with no formal religious affiliation

International Peace Bureau - is the world´s oldest and most comprehensive international peace federation, bringing together people working for peace in many different sectors: not only pacifists but also women´s, youth, labour, religious and professional bodies.

The Iraq Body Count - an independent and comprehensive public database of media-reported civilian deaths in Iraq resulting directly from military action by the USA and its allies

Beyond Vietnam - Rev. M.L. King, Jr at Riverside Church, April 1967 (PDF file of the speech)

Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association - (MIFA) began in Memphis in 1968 following the sanitation workers strike and death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Religious and lay leaders founded MIFA as a means for all people to put their faith into action and help the community

Mid South Peace & Justice Center, Memphis - an interfaith, interracial membership orgnaization for education, collaboration, and nonviolent action

M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, Memphis - mission is to promote and apply the principles of nonviolence locally, nationally, and globally, to prevent violence and resolve personal and public conflicts through research, education, and programming.

National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis - located at the Lorraine Motel, the site of Dr. Martin Luther King's assassination, chronicles key episodes of the American civil rights movement and the legacy of this movement to inspire participation in civil and human rights efforts globally, through our collections, exhibitions, and educational program

The National Priorities Project (NPP) offers citizen and community groups tools and resources to shape federal budget and policy priorities which promote social and economic justice and maintains the data base http://www.costofwar.comBeyond Vietnam,

United Nations High Commission on Refugees - 2003 Global Refugee Trends (PDF file)