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CIVIL RIGHTS
ORGANIZATIONS
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United for Equality
& Affirmative Action (UEAA) |
|
Coalition to Defend Affirmative
Action & Integration, and Fight for Equality By Any Means
Necessary (BAMN) |
|
Rev. Jesse
Jackson and Rainbow/PUSH
Coalition |
|
National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) |
|
Southern Christian
Leadership Conference (SCLC) |
|
Detroit
NAACP, Rev. Wendell Anthony, President |
|
National Organization
for Women (NOW) |
|
Leadership
Conference on Civil Rights |
|
League of United
Latin American Citizens (LULAC) |
|
Arab American
Institute |
|
Organization of Chinese Americans
(OCA) |
|
Chinese for
Affirmative Action |
|
ACCESS
(Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services) |
|
National Lawyers
Guild (NLG) |
|
Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. |
| Flint NAACP |
|
American Association for Affirmative
Action |
|
National Asian
Pacific American Women's Forum (NAPAWF) |
|
Flint Volunteers for Affirmative
Action |
| Coalition to Defend Equal
Opportunity |
| Shrine of the Black
Madonna - contact:
Kafele Olujimi,
Houston |
|
Angry White
Guys for
Affirmative Action -
see poster (PDF) |
|
Minority Business
Enterprise Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc (MBELDEF) |
|
Academic Center for Excellence,
Inc., Family Empowerment Center, Dunn, NC |
|
Black
Youth Vote, NCBCP |
|
Keith Jones, President of Newark
NAACP* |
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Tri-City NAACP, Summit, NJ |
|
New Jersey Association for
Affirmative Action in Higher Education (NJAAAHE) |
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National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc., PA Chapter |
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National Organization for Women,
Philadelphia Chapter |
|
Coalition for Social Justice |
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Dayton, Ohio NAACP |
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Philadelphia NAACP |
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NAACP, Johnstown Branch, PA |
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Peace Action of Michigan |
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The Links, Inc., Reston, VA Chapter |
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Human Rights Action Service (St.
Louis, MO) |
|
St. Louis Inter-Faith Committee on
Latin America |
|
Pride of the Hilltop Lodge No. 110 Prince Hall Free & Accepted
Masons, Rico J Singleton, Worshipful Master |
|
Afrikan-Am
Institute for Policy Studies & Planning |
|
Samaritan Project Youth Standing
Strong (SPYSS), Franklin County, NC |
|
Youth
Leadership Support Network |
|
National Bar Association Women
Lawyers Division |
|
WestPeak Neighborhood Association,
LA |
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UNIONS, UNION
ORGANIZATIONS
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UAW International
(United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers
of America) |
|
Hotel Employees
and Restaurant Employees International Union (HERE), John W.
Wilhelm, President; Sherri Chiesa, General Secretary-Treasurer;
Ron Richardson, Executive Vice President |
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United Food and
Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW, AFL-CIO, CLC)
|
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UNITE (Union
of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees) |
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AFL-CIO Organizing Institute |
|
Central
Labor Council of Alameda County, CA, AFL-CIO |
|
San Francisco Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO |
|
Detroit Federation
of Teachers (DFT) |
|
United Teachers Los
Angeles (UTLA), Board of Directors |
|
Chicago Teachers
Union |
|
Oakland
Education Association, Oakland, CA |
|
United Educators of
San Francisco (UESF) |
|
Washington, DC
Teachers Union, AFT Local 6 |
| American Federation
of Teachers Local 771, Oakland, CA |
| AFSCME Local 1583,
University of Michigan workers |
|
Cincinnati
Federation of Teachers |
|
California Federation
of Teachers |
|
UAW Local 6000, Michigan state
workers |
|
UAW Local 900,
Michigan truck plant |
|
AFSCME Local 207, Detroit city
water and sewerage workers |
| AFSCME Local 2920, Detroit city
clerical workers |
| AFSCME Local 312, Detroit |
|
SEIU Local 250,
Healthcare Workers of Northern California |
|
Local 1064, RWDSU |
|
Coalition of Labor
Union Women (CLUW) |
|
California
Faculty Association (Cal State University faculty) |
|
Graduate Employees Organization
(GEO/AFT Local 3550), University of Michigan |
|
Association of Graduate Student
Employees (AGSE/UAW Local 2865), UC Berkeley |
| Patricia Ford, Executive Vice
President, SEIU International* |
| Tom Rankin,
President, California Labor Federation* |
| Phil Brown,
President, UAW Local 2211 (City of Detroit)* |
|
AFT Local 2121,
Executive Board, City College of San Francisco |
|
Prince George's
County Educators' Association (Maryland) |
|
Amalgamated Transit Union Local 192,
AC Transit workers, Oakland, CA |
|
Dorothy James, National
Vice-President, American Federation of Government Employees (AGFE)
7th District* |
|
Charlesetta Bynes, President, AFSCME
Local 1761*; Executive Vice-President, AFSCME Council 1*, New
Brunswick, NJ |
|
Pamela Martin, Vice-President, AFGE
Local 375*, AFGE 7th District Women's Coordinator |
|
Daniela Bell, President; Dustin
Kidd, Vice-President,
GLU-CWA
(Graduate Labor Union-Communication Workers of America)*,
Charlottesville, VA |
|
Steven Quick, President, AFSCME
Local 725*, University of Virginia |
|
Tom Schmida, President,
Cleveland Heights
Teachers Union, AFT Local 795* |
|
Barb Neal, District 1
Representative,
Idaho State American Postal Workers Union* |
|
Barbara Brandt, Northern Region
Representative,
Alaska
State Employees Association/AFSCME Local 52* |
|
Coalition of Black Trade Unionists,
Northern California |
|
Amalgamated
Transit Union Local 1555, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)
Operators |
|
California State
Employees Association (CSEA)/SEIU Local 1000 |
|
RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS
AND LEADERS
|
|
United Church of
Christ (UCC) |
|
Progressive National
Baptist Convention (PNBC)
-
see
resolution |
| First Congregational Church of
Christ |
|
People's Congregational Church, Washington, DC |
|
Downtown Cluster of
Congregations (Washington, DC) |
| Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth |
| Rev. Alvin Jackson,
National City Christian Church |
| Bishop Thomas J.
Gumbleton, Auxiliary Bishop, Archdiocese of Detroit |
| Rev. Michael L.
Pfleger, Faith Community of Saint Sabina, Chicago |
|
Dr. Rev. J. Alfred Smith Sr., Allen
Temple Baptist Church, Oakland, CA |
|
Methodist
Federation for Social Action (MFSA) |
|
Rev. Cecil Williams, Glide Memorial
Methodist Church, San Francisco |
|
Fountain Baptist Church, Summit, NJ |
|
Christian Community Action |
|
St. John's Baptist Church,
Indianapolis, IN |
|
Reverend Andre' J.W. Queen, SCR, Old
Catholic Bishop of Chicago |
|
ProVision Ministries, Washington, DC |
|
STUDENT AND CAMPUS-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
|
Alliance
of Black Student Professionals -
see press
release
- National Black
Law Students Association
- National Optometric Student Association
- National
Society of Black Engineers
- Student National Dental Association
- Student
National Medical Association
-
National
Association of Black Social Workers
- National
Black Graduate Student Association
- Student
National Pharmaceutical Association
- Student National Podiatric Medical Association |
|
Associated Students
of the University of California at Berkeley (ASUC) |
|
Graduate Assembly
of UC Berkeley |
|
Ohio State
University Undergraduate Student Government -
see resolution |
U-Cincinnati Student
Government;
U-Cincinnati College Chapter of the NAACP -
see press statement |
|
Graduate and
Professional Student Assembly at the University of Pennsylvania (GAPSA)
-
see
resolution |
| Ivy Student
Affirmative Action Coalition |
|
Black
Ivy Alumni League (The League) -
see Events page (DC march);
League announcement |
|
Big XII Council on Black Student Government |
|
North American Indian Student Organization, Michigan State University |
|
Yale Women's Center |
|
Black Student Union at the College of New Jersey
-
see
resolution |
| Youth Esteem
Admiration For Humanity Organization |
|
U
Penn College Democrats |
|
Diverse New America,
University of Michigan Dearborn |
|
Office of
African-American Affairs at the University of Virginia |
|
Coalition for Equal Opportunity in Education at OSU |
|
Coalition
Against War, Stony Brook University |
|
Michigan Emergency
Committee Against War on Iraq (MECAWI.org) |
|
FLARE - Future Leaders Against
Racism Everywhere, Taft High School, Cincinnati, OH |
|
Black Voice Carta Latina (BVCL),
Rutgers University New Brunswick |
|
United Black Council (UBC), Rutgers University New Brunswick |
|
Queers for Peace and Justice |
|
Black Student
Alliance at Yale |
|
Yale
College Democrats |
|
Black
Student Union of Towson University |
|
Black Student Association, College
of Wooster |
|
African-American Student Life Resource & Cultural Center, UC
Santa Cruz |
|
Latino Medical
Student Association |
|
Coalition
for Equal Opportunity in Education, Ohio State University |
|
Witkaze, the Black Student
Association of Agnes Scott College, GA |
|
Pioneer Valley Five College Black
Students' Alliance (Smith
College, Mt. Holyoke, Amherst College, Hampshire College, U Mass) |
|
Michigan State University, Black
Faculty Staff Administrators Association |
|
University
of Illinois Urbana Champaign NAACP Student Chapter |
|
Agnes Scott
College, Black Student Union |
|
Black Student Union
at the University of New Mexico |
|
Black
Student Union at Northern Michigan University |
|
Alpha Lambda Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, North
Carolina Central University |
|
Federal City
Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Washington, DC |
|
Power Dynamics Awareness Committee
of Pomona College (PDAC) -
see
resolution |
|
D.C. Metropolitan Area Cheyney
University Alumni Association |
|
People Opposing War at Mount Holyoke
College |
|
Sankofa Umoja Nia (SUN), Ursinus College, PA |
|
National African-American Student Association |
|
Michigan State University C.O.A.L.I.T.I.O.N. |
|
Hip
Hop Coalition for Social Awareness and Political Injustice,
Bloomsburg University |
|
Student Empowerment Project, Watsonville, CA |
|
Sisters Of The Yam from American University |
|
Black Law Students Association,
Appalachian School of Law |
|
Johns Hopkins University Black
Student Union |
|
Sista' 2 Sista', Petersburg, VA |
|
GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS AND OFFICIALS
|
|
Detroit City Council -
see
resolution |
|
Oakland City Council |
|
San Francisco Board of Education |
|
Oakland
Unified School District School Board, Oakland, CA |
|
Berkeley Unified School District School Board, Berkeley, CA |
|
Michigan
Legislative Black Caucus |
|
Congressman John Conyers |
|
Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick |
|
Judge Greg
Mathis |
|
Mayor Willie Brown, San Francisco |
|
Wayne County Commission |
|
Berkeley City Council |
| Dr. Augusta Souza
Kappner, New York City Department of Education, Panel of
Educational Policy* |
| Matt Murray, Student Regent
Designate, University of California Regents* |
|
Wilma Chan,
California State Assembly Majority Leader |
|
Assemblywoman Jackie
Goldberg, California State Assembly, Education Committee Chair |
|
Congresswoman
Barbara Lee, Oakland, CA |
|
Jacqueline Y. Collins, State Senator for the 16th District of
Illinois |
Bill Perkins, New York City Council, Deputy Majority Leader
Charles Barron, New York City Council, Higher Education Chair
|
Press release on amicus brief
April 3 resolutn on aff.action |
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[* = organization
listed for identification purposes only]
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slogans, sample
resolution, web button, vid
