Citizens Intent on Reforming Corporate Accountability (CIRCA)

Other Organizations and Causes Related to Corporate Personhood

The Alliance for Community Media is committed to assuring everyone's access to electronic media. More information at the Alliance for Community Media Web site.

The Aurora Institute is a Canadian organization that conducts research and provides education on the structure of the corporation as a cause of the political, social, economic and environmental symptoms we face in modern society. More information at the Aurora Institute Web site.

Voters in Mendocino County, California on March 2, 2004 banned the production of genetically engineered crops and animals. Mendocino is the first county in the US to implement such a ban. The BioDemocracy Alliance site has sample ordinances for creating a GE-Free zone.

BizEthics.org is a resource for online information about Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Environmental Sustainability Issues. More information at the BizEthics Web site.

The Center for Responsive Politics provides information on money in politics at  the Center for Responsive Politics Web site.

Citizen Works provides information on corporate reform and corporate greed, along with tools for taking action. More information at the Citizen Works Web site.

Common Cause provides a vehicle for citizens to make their voices heard in the political process and to hold their elected leaders accountable to the public interest. More information at their Web site.

Database of Successful Strategies and Tactics provides stories of groups or individuals and the strategies they employed to work on solutions to a wide variety of issues, including corporate abuse. See those stories and strategies at the Database of Successful Strategies and Tactics Web site.

Government Accountability Project (GAP) at whistleblower.org promotes government and corporate accountability by, among other things, protecting and defending whistleblowers.

Independent Media TV provides an independent outlet for views and artistic expression that are not presented by the current corporate media monopoly. They have an interesting column on corporate media brainwashing. More information at their Web site.

The New Rules Project is designing rules as if communitiy matters. The project has several key projects and initiatives: The Hometown Advantage is dedicated to reviving locally owned business. They provide information on Wal-Mart's Bait and Switch on Generic Drugs.  The Equity Sector highlights communities accepting responsibility for their citizens.

Partnership for Civil Justice works to defend Democracy and Civil Rights in the courts and in the streets.

Positive Futures Network is an independent, nonprofit organization supporting people’s active engagement in creating a just, sustainable, and compassionate world. They publish Yes Magazine. More information on the Positive Futures Network is available at the Yes Magazine Web site.

Student Progressives: Engage. Act. Know (SPEAK) is an alliance of liberal progressive organizations at The Ohio State University. More information at the SPEAK Web site.

Wellstone Action is a national training center for people interested in progressive change. More information at the Wellstone Action Web site.

Policy Matters Ohio works to strengthen democracy by providing Ohio's citizens with the essential tools to participate in the public discussion on the economy. More information at their web site.

Commercial Alert is working to keep corporations from exploiting children. More information at their web site.

Food First - Institute for Food and Development Policy at foodfirst.org is working to eliminate the injustices that cause hunger. You can read an article about people rights and Democracy versus corporate factory farms here.

Citizens' Alliance for Secure Elections at caseohio.org is a non-partisan organization of Ohio citizens who advocate for secure and reliable elections.

The State Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs) at www.pirg.org are a network of independent, state-based organizations working to support campaign finance reform and foster a responsive democratic government.

The Apollo Alliance for Good Jobs and Clean Energy at apolloalliance.org "provides a message of optimism and hope, framed around rejuvenating our nation’s economy by creating the next generation of American industrial jobs and treating clean energy as an economic and security mandate to rebuild America." 

The Institute for Local Self Reliance (ILSR) at www.ilsr.org promotes sustainable communities and sustainable economic development. One project of ILSR is Big Box Toolkit which provides resources for stopping big-box retail development in your community and for promoting locally-owned businesses. The New Rules Project of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance suggests new rules that support human control of politics and economics. More information at their Web site.

Wakeup WalMart.com at www.wakeupwalmart.com/ is an organization that wants to change Wal-Mart. They want to change its policies on wages, worker rights, employee health care, impact on communities, unions and others.

Wal*Mart Watch at walmartwatch.com maintains a nationwide public education campaign to challenge the world’s largest retailer to become a better employer, neighbor, and corporate citizen.