Housing Justice League is a group in Atlanta where renters and homeowners organize to defend their right to stay in their homes. They run a tenant hotline, give out eviction defense manuals, and help neighbors form tenant associations. Volunteers also knock on doors to tell people facing eviction about their rights.
ECO-Action helps Georgia communities organize against air, land, and water pollution. They focus on low-income communities and communities of color. They give organizing and technical help, connect groups with experts and agencies, and run learning programs for adults and teens.
ARCHI is a group of more than 100 hospitals, nonprofits, and other partners working to make health fairer in metro Atlanta. It runs a single online application for rent, mortgage, and utility help, and a referral network where community health workers connect people to food, housing, and care. It also leads projects on high blood pressure and holds public trainings and events.
SONG is a membership group for LGBTQ people across the South, with a focus on people of color, immigrants, rural people and working-class people. It runs organizing campaigns, member-led projects, working groups and gatherings. Members build skills and community together.
SisterSong is a national group based in the South and led by women of color. It works for reproductive justice, which means people can make choices about their bodies, families, and health. It offers birth support, labor support trainings, youth programs, and memberships.
Georgia Equality works for the rights of LGBTQ+ people and people living with HIV across Georgia. It pushes for fair laws, registers and educates voters, and trains people to speak up. It also shares a list of other groups that offer housing and health help.
Out of Hand Theater is an Atlanta nonprofit that uses short plays, information and group talk to work on social issues. It brings plays to homes and community spaces, runs free dinners with a play and a guided talk, and gives free theater classes in Atlanta-area schools.
Women on the Rise is led by women who have been in jail or prison. It helps women coming home with case management, monthly support circles, and links to housing, jobs and mental health care. It also organizes for fairer laws and helps people learn about their voting rights.
youthSpark is an Atlanta nonprofit that helps teens who have been hurt, exploited, or are at risk. Its Youth Services Center offers case management, counseling, support groups, and help in court and at school for young people ages 12 to 18 in Fulton County. It also trains adults and groups to spot warning signs and speak up for youth.
Black Voters Matter is a Black-led group that builds political power in Black communities. It works with local groups, runs one-day warrant clinics with a partner, and leads campaigns on health care, young leaders and more. Volunteers can help by texting, writing postcards and joining events.
Atlanta Economic Justice is a local program of the American Friends Service Committee. It teaches organizing skills to grassroots groups and young leaders. It also backs campaigns for housing rights, safe renting and water rights in the Atlanta area.
S. Virgin Islands who farm in ways that care for the land. It gives grants to member farmers, runs field days and online calls to share farming skills, and helps farmers organize together. Farmers and farm supporters can apply to join.
OHRD is a grassroots group in Metro-Atlanta that organizes for human rights. It puts working-class people of color first and is guided by Black feminists and women of color. People can become members, volunteer, and join trainings and community assemblies.
Mad Housers is a volunteer-run Atlanta nonprofit that builds small, simple shelters called huts for people sleeping outside. The huts give people a locking door, a roof, and a safe place to keep their belongings, and the group also speaks at schools and community events about homelessness.
ANDP is a nonprofit in downtown Atlanta that builds, fixes up, and pays for affordable homes and apartments in metro Atlanta. It lends money to groups that build affordable housing, trains neighborhood leaders, and runs homes for sale and for rent. Its housing hotline can answer questions about homes for sale.
Equitable Dinners, also called Out of Hand Dinners, brings neighbors and strangers together for a meal and a short play. After the play, small groups talk about community issues with a trained facilitator. The series is free.
The King Center in Atlanta is a living memorial to Dr., started by Coretta Scott King in 1968. You can visit the grounds and exhibits for free, use its archive, take nonviolence training, and join youth, school and volunteer programs.
Not One More Domestic Violence Victim is a nonprofit that helps people hurt by domestic violence and sex trafficking. It offers a crisis line, support groups, help with restraining orders, and help finding resources. It also teaches the community about abuse. The website says its programs are free and private.
GLAHR is a community group that teaches and organizes Latino immigrants in Georgia to defend their civil and human rights. People can call its hotline if they are mistreated, abused or detained. It also runs weekly community meetings, a youth group, a community radio show, a literacy and school-completion space, and DACA renewal help.
The Black Achievement Fund is a nonprofit that collects monthly member contributions to build Black-owned land, community spaces and programs. Members get a free online African history course, and the group runs events and online programs, including some at its Kemet Club on Church Street. Membership is open to anyone who believes in its mission.
