Rhetoric Society of America (instagram / twitter): “RSA welcomes scholars, teachers, and students of rhetoric in all of its manifestations. RSA's purpose is to support and advance the work of people who study rhetoric in a variety of disciplinary contexts.”
Conference on College Composition and Communication: “The Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) is committed to supporting the agency, power, and potential of diverse communicators inside and outside of postsecondary classrooms. CCCC advocates for broad and evolving definitions of literacy, communication, rhetoric, and writing (including multimodal discourse, digital communication, and diverse language practices) that emphasize the value of these activities to empower individuals and communities. CCCC promotes intellectual and pedagogical freedom and ethical scholarship and communication.”
International Society For The History of Rhetoric (instagram / twitter): “The purpose of this Society is to promote the study of both the theory and practice of rhetoric in all periods and languages and the relationship of rhetoric to poetics, literary theory and criticism, philosophy, politics, religion, law, and other aspects of the cultural context.”
Association for the Rhetoric of Science, Technology, and Medicine (facebook / twitter): “The Association for the Rhetoric of Science, Technology, and Medicine (ARSTM) seeks to provide an international forum for researchers, teachers, and students interested in the rhetorical dimensions of science, technology, and medicine.”
American Society for the History of Rhetoric (facebook / twitter): “The American Society for the History of Rhetoric (ASHR) aims to catalyze the study of the history of rhetoric in the United States and to feature the results. To keep that circle virtuous, ASHR welcomes work with capacious (including critical) understandings of “history” and of “rhetoric.””
National Consortium of Environmental Rhetoric and Writing: “The National Consortium of Environmental Rhetoric & Writing represents a constellation of stakeholders locally and nationally centered around educational principles and cultural practices that promote the generative (creative and life-sustaining) ecological relationships of language and literacy to the maintenance and well being of diverse communities. The NCERW seeks to establish an intellectual commonwealth to guide curriculum development, stimulate resource-sharing, and support multi-modal approaches to community engagement, networking, and research in environmental rhetoric and writing. NCERW promotes environmental literacy across the curriculum in educational institutions (K-16) toward the advancement of environmental justice and community activism.”
Climate Justice Alliance (instagram / facebook / twitter / spotify / youtube / vimeo): “Climate Justice Alliance (CJA) formed in 2013 to create a new center of gravity in the climate movement by uniting frontline communities and organizations into a formidable force. Our translocal organizing strategy and mobilizing capacity is building a Just Transition away from extractive systems of production, consumption and political oppression, and towards resilient, regenerative and equitable economies.”
Indigenous Environmental Network (instagram / twitter): “Established in 1990 within the United States, IEN was formed by grassroots Indigenous peoples and individuals to address environmental and economic justice issues (EJ).”
National Organization for Women (facebook / twitter / instagram): “As the grassroots arm of the women’s movement, the National Organization for Women is dedicated to its multi-issue and multi-strategy approach to women’s rights, and is the largest organization of feminist grassroots activists in the United States…Since our founding in 1966, NOW’s purpose is to take action through intersectional grassroots activism to promote feminist ideals, lead societal change, eliminate discrimination, and achieve and protect the equal rights of all women and girls in all aspects of social, political, and economic life.”
National LGBTQ Task Force (twitter / facebook / instagram): “The National LGBTQ Task Force advances full freedom, justice and equality for LGBTQ people. We are building a future where everyone can be free to be their entire selves in every aspect of their lives. Today, despite all the progress we’ve made to end discrimination, millions of LGBTQ people face barriers in every aspect of their lives: in housing, employment, healthcare, retirement, and basic human rights. These barriers must go.”