Arab American Institute
The Arab American Institute has set up a new website to educate the American public about Arab Americans and Muslims and to combat intolerance.  The organization asks all Americans to "join us in condemning the individuals responsible for the tragedy, rather than an entire ethnic or religious group."

Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund held two forums to discuss the World Trade Center disaster. At their first community forum, over 200 people gathered to discuss their feelings concerning the tragedy, offering support to those in need of counseling and relief services. At their second community forum, AALDEF discussed the aftermath of the World Trade Center attacks and how community members could take action in response to the anti-Asian backlash that has occurred in New York City and around the nation. The group worked to develop action networks to address several different areas—legal assistance and support; monitoring legislative developments at the federal, state, and local levels; media outreach; education and schools/youth; coalition building; coordination of volunteers; and information clearinghouse/referrals.

FaithAction
In response to safety concerns expressed by Muslim residents, FaithAction will launch "Piedmont Neighbors," a new program in order to provide volunteer escorts to accompany Muslim women shopping in the Greater Greensboro, North Carolina area. Volunteer teams of two women each will be assigned to accompany Muslim women who have requested assistance. Kristie Bailey, FaithAction's Coordinator of Volunteers, said that this program will significantly improve the level of comfort and security for Muslim women in the local community. "More than that," she said, "it also will provide an excellent opportunity for women to make friends and gain increased understanding with women from a different faith and culture."

Institute for Global Ethics 
Responding to an upsurge of public interest in the moral and spiritual issues surrounding the tragedy, the Institute for Global Ethics has greatly increased its production of public commentary on current developments, as seen through the lens of values and ethics. The Institute’s weekly online news digest, Ethics Newsline, published a special edition with a variety of features about the tragedy. 

Islamic Society of North America
The Islamic Society of North America is playing a leadership role in speaking out against the attacks of terrorism and urging fairness in finding those responsible. The organization issued a statement: “ISNA joins Muslim organizations throughout North America in condemning these apparent terrorist attacks and calls upon Muslim Americans to come forward with their skills and resources to help alleviate the sufferings of the affected people and their families…We also urge the media to exercise restraint, and to act responsibly when reporting on these terrorist attacks. Until the perpetrators are brought to justice, all media reports should be accurate, restrained, and sensitive.” 

Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics, Inc.
Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics (LEAP) has issued a statement, calling for all Americans to "honor our diversity and avert the real tragedy of allowing these radicals to destroy our collective sense of unity and trust."

NAACP
The NAACP issued a statement urging tolerance in the wake of the tragedy.  Julian Bond, Chairman of the NAACP Board of Directors, said, "We vigorously condemn those bigots who blame feminists, gays and lesbians and civil libertarians for this horror. We recoil at how quickly a few yield to mindless prejudice, attacking and killing Muslims and persons suspected of being Muslims or Arabs. We praise President George W. Bush for his visit to Washington's Islamic Center and his forthright stand against hate crimes and racial and ethnic profiling."

National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ)
The National Conference for Community and Justice's mission and its programs nationwide are dedicated to fighting bias, bigotry and racism and promoting understanding and respect amongst all. The National Conversation on Race, Ethnicity and Culture is an ongoing series of honest conversations about inter-group issues conducted by NCCJ on a national basis and in communities. NCCJ facilitates these dialogues in order to foster new, respectful relationships, informed by a deepened understanding of the role of prejudice and stereotyping in discriminatory behavior and characterized by individual commitments to fight against personal, cultural and institutional racism.

National Council of La Raza
In a statement released by the National Council of La Raza, the organization's president Raul Yzaguirre said, "As the nation recovers from the tragedy of September 11, it is clear the true spirit of America has been displayed for the world to see by the millions of people who have donated time or money to the recovery efforts. Through this event, we have witnessed the strength and unity of the American people that cannot be shaken."

National Urban League
National Urban League executive vice president and chief operating officer Milton J. Little, Jr. issued a statement, urging "...our constituents and all Americans to bear in mind that patriotism should not give way to vigilantism, and that hate crimes perpetrated against Arab Americans or American citizens of Muslim faith are not an acceptable way to express our pain and anger."

New York City Anti-Violence Project 
A special fund for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender victims of the September 11 bombing has been established at the Stonewall Community Foundation in New York. The New York City Anti-Violence Project is also working with the Empire State Pride Agenda to loosen the administrative regulations that govern the Crime Victims Board in New York State so that same-sex partners lost in the attack can receive the same benefits as other victims. Additionally, the organization has reached out to community centers, offering to partner with them to hold community forums to come together with their constituencies to discuss the events and the effects and after-effects of the attacks. They are also sponsoring a memorial service, tentatively scheduled for October 1, 2001.

Partners of the Americas
Following the tragedy, Partners of the Americas released the following statement: "The overwhelming response from the membership of this people to people organization makes clear that this violation of human values defies all borders, doctrines, and creeds.  It raises into sharp relief Partners' belief that the human spirit has no nationality.  And it underscores the deep sense of solidarity that overrides any issues of the moment to bind the Americas together."

Southern Poverty Law Center
Tolerance.org, a web project of the Southern Poverty Law Center, has focused a large portion of its website on the September 11 tragedy.  The site highlights strategies for parents about how to explain and discuss terrorism with their children, and contains suggestions for teachers to challenge biases against Arab and Muslim Americans in their classrooms.

University of Southern California, Center for Religion and Civic Culture 
In response to the tragic events of September 11, the Center for Religion and Civic Culture at the University of Southern California has been documenting the faith community's efforts and creating tools to educate people about religion in Los Angeles. They have created a PowerPoint presentation entitled "Finding Unity in our Diversity: Images from the City of Angels." The presentation features photographs by Jerry Berndt along with basic facts about Muslims in America.