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PFLAG – Jackson, MS

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:10:14 +0000

Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) is a national non-profit organization with over 200,000 members and supporters and over 500 affiliates in the United States.

We, the parents, families and friends of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons, celebrate diversity and envision a society that embraces everyone, including those of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities. Only with respect, dignity and equality for all will we reach our full potential as human beings, individually and collectively. PFLAG welcomes the participation and support of all who share in, and hope to realize this vision.

Address: PO Box 4768, Jackson, MS 39296

Phone Number: 601-376-9560

Website: http://www.pflagms.org

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PFLAG Oxford/North Mississippi

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:22:06 +0000

The best way for parents, family members, friends, or gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) people to get support, receive educational materials, and learn about PFLAG’s advocacy efforts is to visit a PFLAG local chapter.

pflagoxfordms@gmail.com

Address: PO Box 2142, Oxford, MS 38655

Phone Number: (662) 816-2142

Website: http://community.pflag.org/Page.aspx?pid=803

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Jackson Area National Organization For Women (NOW)

stacey — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:14:42 +0000

Here in Jackson we focus much attention on LGBTQ Equality and Reproductive Justice. We organize and participate in actions that raise awareness on issues and protest injustice. We monitor the MS legislature to make sure that the rights of women and LGBTQ Mississippians are not challenged or taken away. We have educational events for the public to bring awareness to issues that may be confusing or controversial. Anything that effects the lives of women is something NOW is working or is interested in working on.

Address: PO BOX 55525 Jackson MS 39296
Phone Number: 601-994-4191
Website: http://jackson.nowms.org

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PFLAG-Laurel, MS

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:45:29 +0000

We Support, Educate, and Advoate for a Better, Safer World

Our local chapter provides a confidential, private safe-haven for parents, friends, and families of gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgendered people; as well as GLBT individuals. We welcome all who need a place to discuss coming out, social issues, relationships with families and/or communities after coming out. We will provide support by careful listening, sharing of personal stories and relating of problem solving experiences. We are sensitive to each person’s stage in the acceptance process. We are supportive rather than confrontational, wishing to create a comfortable atmosphere for all group participants in which everyone is free to speak, or not speak.

Website: http://www.pflaglaurelms.wordpress.com

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My Brother’s Keeper

Unity Mississippi — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:13:41 +0000

My Brothers Keeper, Inc. (MBK)is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization designed to enhance the health and well being of minorities through leadership in public and community health practices, collaborations and partnerships.

Address: 500 E. Woodrow Wilson Ave. M, Jackson MS
Phone: 601-500-7660
Fax: 866-511-5481
www.mbk-inc.org

Building Bridges (Jackson)

Unity Mississippi — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:57:44 +0000

BUILDING BRIDGES, INC. (BBI) is a community-based 501 (c) 3 organization of caring professionals who are dedicated to preventing HIV infection and to improve the lives of those affected and infected by HIV and AIDS.

Address: 2147 Henry Hill Dr. Suite 206, Jackson MS 39204
Phone: (601) 922-0100
Toll Free: 1-866-922-0100
Fax: (601) 922-4855
Website: www.bbims.org

Camp Sister Spirit

Unity Mississippi — Mon, 12 May 2008 15:45:09 +0000

Camp Sister Spirit Folk School is a project of Sister Spirit Incorporated, a nonprofit, federally recognized tax exempt charitable organization whose mission is to eradicate hatred and differences through education and interaction with our neighbors. Our aim is to build a self-supporting structure to identify and create opportunities for meaningful and situation-specific social justice, and to put genuine social change within the reach of every member of the community.

Website: www.campsisterspirit.com
Address: P.O. Box 12, Ovett MS 39464
Phone: 601-344-1411
Email: cssfolkschool@aol.com

Mississippi Rainbow Alliance

Unity Mississippi — Mon, 12 May 2008 15:44:21 +0000

The purpose of the Mississippi Rainbow Alliance is to provide a forum for support, education, information, and friendship for those of us who consider ourselves to be “The Community.”

Phone: 228-831-8152
Website: www.msrainbowalliance.com

Mississippi HeARTS Against AIDS

Unity Mississippi — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 13:56:02 +0000

Mississippi HeARTS Against AIDS is a non-profit, 100% volunteer organization. The annual benefit at Hal & Mal’s is the largest fundraiser in Mississippi for HIV/AIDS related issues.

Website: www.mississippihearts.org

ACLU of Mississippi

Unity Mississippi — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 18:26:48 +0000

The principles guiding the ACLU of Mississippi are simple and clear:

The right to free expression—above all, the freedom to dissent from the official view and majority;
The right to equal treatment regardless of race, sex, religion, National origin, sexual orientation, age or handicap;
The right of fair play in encounters with government institutions—courts, schools, police, bureaucracy—and with the repositories of great private power;
The right to be let alone—to be secure from spying, from the promiscuous and unwarranted collection of personal information, and from interference in our private lives.

These guarantees of liberty are not self-enforcing. Those with power often undermine the rights of individuals and groups who lack the political influence, the numerical strength or the money to secure their birthright of freedom. That is why the efforts of the ACLU of Mississippi—in the courts, in the legislature, and in the public forum—have most often been on behalf of people with the special vulnerability of the powerless.

Website: www.msaclu.org
Address: P.O. Box 2242 | Jackson, MS 39225-2242
Phone: 601-355-6464