Cultures of Resistance Network
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The Cultures of Resistance Network (CoR Network) "aims to promote and support organizations, activists, and artists who seek a more peaceful, just, and democratic world."[1]
History
The Cultures of Resistance Network was created by Iara Lee, director of the feature documentary Cultures of Resistance "as a way of supporting people wishing to take action around peace and justice issues."
The Cultures of Resistance Network was formerly known as the Caipirinha Foundation.
Groups We Support
- 350.org
- Abolition 2000
- Adalah - The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel
- Adalah-NY: The New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israel
- Afghan Mobile Mini-Circus for Children (MMCC)
- African Children’s Educational Trust (A-CET)
- African Parks
- Ahmed Deeb
- Al Mezan Center for Human Rights
- Al-Awda
- Amazon Watch
- American Friends of UNRWA (AFU)
- American Kurdish Information Network
- American Near East Refugee Aid (ANERA)
- American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)
- Amnesty International
- Anarchists Against The Wall (AATW)
- Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF)
- Anti-Slavery International
- Arab Film Festival (AFF)
- Arms and Security Initiative of the New America Foundation
- Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma)
- Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP)
- Association of War Affected Women (AWAW)
- Association for the Support of the Oppressed
- The Audre Lorde Project
- Bahrain Watch (Via Empowerment Works)
- Baladna
- Barefoot College
- Barefoot Farm/Barefoot Seeds
- BDS Conference Montreal
- Bikes Not Bombs
- Birdlife International
- Brecht Forum
- BUSTAN
- Campaign Against Arms Trade
- Canadian Boat to Gaza
- CanKor
- Caritas Jordan
- Carol Chomsky Fund
- Carter Center
- Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)
- Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
- Center for Economic Research and Social Change (CERSC)
- Center for the Working Poor
- Central Asian Network for Arts and Culture (CANAC)
- Child Soldiers International
- The Citizens Foundation (TCF)
- Coalition Against Trafficking in Women
- Coalition of Women for Peace
- CodePink
- Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
- Congolese Initiative for Peace and Justice (ICJP)
- COPINH
- CounterPunch
- Courage to Resist
- Crisis Action
- Cultural Survival
- Cultures of Resistance SOAS Postgraduate Scholarships
- Dawood Global Foundation (DGF)
- Deep Dish TV
- Democracy Now!
- Diamond Child School of Arts and Culture
- Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International
- Dissent
- DMZ Forum
- Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
- DocuDays (Beirut International Documentary Festival)
- EarthRights International (ERI)
- East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN)
- el Seed
- Electronic Intifada (EI)
- Elevate Festival
- Equality Now
- Euro-Mid Observer for Human Rights
- Existence is Resistance
- Family Health Alliance (FHA)
- Farm Sanctuary
- Fauna & Flora International
- Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR)
- Fendika Cultural Center
- Firefly International
- Focus on the Global South
- Food First
- Food Not Bombs
- Forum for Dignity Initiatives
- Foundation for World Arts
- Free Gaza Movement
- Free My Family Campaign
- Free Palestine Movement
- Freemuse
- Freedom Theatre
- Friends of the Congo (FOTC)
- Friends of the Earth
- Fundacao do Centro Quesadhip Ruak
- Galkayo Education Center for Peace and Development
- Gatwitch Festival
- Gawharshad Institute of Higher Education
- Gaza Community Mental Health Programme
- Generation Wave
- Georges Malaika Foundation
- Global Exchange
- Global Fund for Women (GFW)
- Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space
- Global Partnerships
- globalFEST
- Grassroots International
- Greenpeace
- Greg Palast
- Gush Shalom
- Hargeysa Cultural Centre
- Hope Bus
- Humanitarian Assistance for the Women and Children of Afghanistan
- Hutan-Kinabatangan Orangutan Conservation Programme
- IDFA Fund
- IHH
- Imani House
- Innocence Project
- Innocence Project New Orleans
- Institute for Arab Culture
- Institute for Development Studies and Practices (IDSP)
- Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti (IJDH)
- Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU)
- Institute for Policy Studies (IPS)
- Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA)
- Instituto Terra
- International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran
- International Peace Film Festival in Gangjeong (IPFFIG)
- International Poetry Festival of Medellin
- International Rescue Committee
- International Rivers
- International Solidarity Movement (ISM)
- IRA - Mauritania
- Iraqi Student Project (ISP)
- Islamiya University
- Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions-USA (ICAHD-USA)
- Jacqueline Moudeina
- Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP)
- Just Media Fund
- KARAPATAN
- Kashmir Education Initiative
- Khubaib Foundation
- Khurpa Care Pakistan
- KinderUSA
- Komisyon Fanm Viktim Pou Viktim (KOFAVIV)
- Korean Women Peasant Association
- Kurdish American Youth Organization (KAYO)
- La Jeunesse Pour Une Nouvelle Societe
- Lajee and BADIL Centers
- Lambi Fund of Haiti
- Learning for the Empowerment & Advancement of Palestinians (LEAP)
- Legacies of War
- Link Media
- Lynsey Addario
- Maayo Fuuta
- Machine Gun America
- Mae Tao Clinic (MTC)
- Make the Road New York
- Marathon of Afghanistan
- Maysles Institute
- Maziar Bahari
- Media Education Foundation (MEF)
- Mercy Corps
- Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA)
- Mifumi
- Mines Advisory Group (MAG)
- Mongol Environmental Conservation
- Movement Mastery
- Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra
- Musicians Without Borders
- Naragrantha Prabartana
- National Geographic Photo Camp
- National Geographic Society
- National Iranian American Council (NIAC)
- National Priorities Project (NPP)
- National Union of Sahrawi Women
- Navdanya
- The New Press
- Norman Finkelstein
- North Star Fund
- Offline: Baghdad
- Omeid International
- Organic Consumers Association (OCA)
- Organization for Black Struggle
- Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq (OWFI)
- Palestine Children's Relief Fund
- Palestine Freedom Project
- Palestine Medical Relief Society
- Palestine Museum of Natural History
- Palestine Youth for Peace and Justice/Ni'lin
- Palestinian Mobile Cinema (PMC)
- Panzi Hospital
- PARSA
- Partners in Health
- PEN American Center
- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
- Permatil School Garden Madabeno
- Physicians for Human Rights – Israel (PHR-Israel)
- Project Censored
- Promo Jeune Basket (PJB)
- Prospect Burma
- Public Citizen
- PUKAÑAWI Center of Cultural Management
- Pun Pun Organic Farm
- Quixote Center
- Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice
- Radio SouriaLi
- Roots Run Deep
- Russell Tribunal on Palestine (RToP)
- Safe Hands for Girls
- Saint Paul Bicycle Coalition/Andy Singer
- Salaam Kivu International Film Festival (SKIFF)
- Salam al Kuntar
- Save Our Sea (SOS)
- Save the Manatee Club
- School of the Americas Watch (SOAW)
- Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS)
- Search for Common Ground—DRC
- Sierra Club
- Skateistan
- Slow Food
- SOIL (Haiti)
- Solidarity for Peace and Reunification of Korea (SPARK)
- Somali and American Fund for Education (SAFE)
- SOPUDEP (Haiti)
- Sri Lankan National Fisheries Solidarity Movement (NAFSO)
- Stop the Wall
- Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP)
- Studio in a School
- Survival International
- Synergie des Femmes contre les Violences Sexuelles
- Syria Relief and Development
- Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS)
- Syrian Student Project
- Syrian Women’s Forum for Peace (SWFP)
- TECHO (Haiti)
- Television Education Timor
- Thabyay Education Network
- The Trevor Project
- Tribeca Film Institute
- Turma do Bem (Dentist for Good)
- U.S. Boat To Gaza
- Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)
- United States Campaign for Burma (USCB)
- University Scholarships for South African Students (USSAS)
- US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
- Vanuatu Pacifica Foundation
- Virunga National Park
- The Voice of Libyan Women
- Voices of a People's History of the United States
- Wallords of Afghanistan
- We Are Many
- West Papua Media
- Western Sahara International Film Festival (FiSahara) via CEAS
- The White Helmets
- WhyHunger
- Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)
- WITNESS
- Women De-Militarize the Zone
- Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA)
- Women’s Centre for Legal Aid and Counseling
- World Bicycle Relief
- World Can’t Wait
- World Music Institute (WMI)
- World Security Institute
- YES MEN
- Youthaiti
- Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights
- Zinn Education Project
Allied Projects
The following is a list of organizations that Cultures of Resistance Network advisors and staff have identified as initiatives worthy of exploration and support. These groups and individuals are independently supported by CoR director Iara Lee, outside of the auspices of the foundation.[2]
- 7000 Padauk
- 8000ers
- AINA
- Al Awda Hospital
- Al Hancock
- Al-Shifa Hospital
- American Friends Service Committee
- American University of Beirut
- APOPO International
- Aso Haji
- Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons - Kashmir
- Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights
- Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights
- Bidna Capoeira
- Brave New Films
- Camps Breakerz Crew
- CARE West Bank & Gaza
- Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
- Center for Responsive Politics
- Council for a Livable World
- Daniel LagartoFernandez
- The Donkey Sanctuary
- The Dost Foundation
- Ending Child Slavery at the Source
- Enric Sala
- Environmental Defense Fund
- The Fall
- FENMUCARINAP
- Fida Qishta
- Flitoox Craizy
- Foundation for Endangered Languages
- Friends of Soqotra
- Global Greengrants Fund
- Global Heritage Fund
- Green Belt Movement
- Grozny Youth Club
- Human Rights Watch
- Humanitarian Bazaar
- Independent Activists of Save Sundarbans
- Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
- International Crisis Group
- International Federation Red Cross/Red Crescent
- International Forum on Globalization
- IRAB
- Jardim Botanicos de Manaus Adolpho Ducke
- Jata Shankar Primary School (Katunje, Dhading, Nepal)
- Just Foreign Policy
- Kalasha People's Development Network
- Korea Policy Institute
- Lurdes Mutola Foundation
- MADRE
- Malik Marjan
- Mariem Hassan
- Mines Action Canada
- National Geographic Society
- The Nature Conservancy
- Omar al Muqdad
- Oxfam America
- Pakistan Capoeira Academy
- Palestine Red Crescent Society
- Peace and Security Funders Group
- Plataforma Gritos
- Polen Ly
- Pyongyang University of Science and Technology
- Refugees International
- Reporters Without Borders
- RPPN Revecom
- Sahara Conservation Fund
- Salaam Baalak Trust
- Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon
- Soft Power Health
- ST eXposure
- The Synergos Institute
- United for a Fair Economy
- United for Peace and Justice
- United Nations Association of the USA
- World War 4 Report
- Yslem Hijo del Desierto