LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS

American Friends Service Committee - veteran Quaker peace and justice group with regional offices Pacific NW
Americans for Peace Now - US affiliate of main Israeli peace group

Bellingham Peace Community

CodePink

End the War Coalition
Evergreen Peace and Justice Community

Fellowship of Reconciliation

Western Washington Fellowship of Reconciliation

Eastside Fellowship of Reconciliation

Friends Committee on National Legislation

International Center for Nonviolent Conflict - Excellent center with resources on nonviolent action

Nonviolence Org - veteran pacifist group, with local chapters and magazine

Nonviolent Action Community of Cascadia

Pax Christi - international Catholic peace group

One Percent A Peace Army
Peace Alliance

Peace Action

Seattle Area Peace and Justice Events Calender

Progressive Democrats of America

Progressive Democrats of Washington
Ploughshares Fund

Seattle/Cuba Friendship Committee

Sound Nonviolent Opponents of War (Snow) – a Puget Sound coalition of organizations and neighborhood groups using nonviolent methods to stop the war in Iraq.

Southend Neighbors for Peace and Justice

StopIranWar.org

Tikkun - magazine and organization offering a progressive Jewish alternative on issues like peace in the Middle East
United for Peace and Justice

U.S. Labor Against the War
Veterans for Peace–Chapter 92

Wallingford Neighbors for Peace and Justice

War Resisters League

Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility

Western Washington Fellowship of Reconciliation

Whatcom Network for Compassionate Communication

Whatcom Peace & Justice Center

Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom

Government Elections, Taxation and Budget Reform

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities - One of the nation's premier policy organizations working at the federal and state levels on fiscal policy and public programs that affect low- and moderate-income families and individuals.

Center for Law and Social Policy - A national, nonprofit organization which conducts research, policy analysis, technical assistance, and advocacy on issues related to economic security for low-income families with children.

Center for Responsive Politics

Center for Voting and Democracy

Citizens for Tax Justice - analysis of federal and state taxation patterns, including more progressive alternatives]

Congress Watch, a division of Public Citizen

Democracy Matters - student-community group concerned with real campaign finance reform

Economic Opportunity Institute

Fair Taxes for All - A coalition committed to promoting a fair tax system that raises sufficient revenues to meet our shared priorities and invest in our common future. See list of coalition members.

National Priorities Project - state impacts of national budget choices

OMB Watch - One of the nation's premier policy organizations working at the federal and state levels on fiscal policy and public programs that affect low- and moderate-income families and individuals.

Public Campaign national coordinator of clean elections campaigns

Taxpayers for Common Sense

United for a Fair Economy - national, independent, nonpartisan, non-profit organization that raises awareness that concentrated wealth and power undermine the economy, corrupt democracy, deepen the racial divide, and tear communities apart. Their report, entitled "Shifty Tax Cuts: How They Move the Tax Burden off the Rich and onto Everyone Else" indicates that between 2002 and 2004, the Bush tax cuts to the top 1% of US income earners redirected billions of dollars in revenue that could have eliminated virtually all of the budget shortfalls in the states.

Washington Coalition for Open Government

Washington for Impeachment

Washington Public Campaigns

Washington Tax Fairness Coalition

Washington Tax Fairness Coalition Member Organizations – lists 70 member organizations

Media Reform

Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting

Media Matters

Civil Liberties Organizations

Americans United for Separation of Church and State

ARC Washington - Advocates for the Rights of Citizens with Developmental Disabilities

American Civil Liberties Union

Amnesty International
Asian American Legal Defense Fund

Center for Constitutional Rights

Children’s Alliance

The Defender Association

Drug Policy Alliance

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Ella Baker Center
Equal Rights Washington

Feminist Majority

GLBT Bar Association of Washington
Global Exchange - helped spearhead the Nike campaign, Seattle WTO protests and opposition to Iraq war

Hate Free Zone of Washington

Human Rights First

Human Rights Watch - www.hrw.org

King County Bar Association Drug Policy Project

Justice Works

Lambda Legal

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights

Legal Momentum (Women's Rights)

Mexican American Legal Defense Fund

NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund

NARAL Pro-Choice, America - www.naral.org

National Network to End Domestic Violence

New Beginnings

Northwest Women of Color

Northwest Women’s Law Center

The November Coalition

NOW - National Organization for Women

People for the American Way

Reclaim Democracy

Reform Network

Seattle NOW

Sensible Seattle Coalition

Southern Poverty Justice Center - www.splcenter.org

Washington Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty

Washington Community Action Network

Washington Protection & Advocacy – protect rights of people with disabilities

Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Whatcom Human Rights Task Force

Women's Action for New Directions (WAND)

Gay Rights Supporters

ACLU-Washington

American Veterans for Equal Rights, Puget Sound chapter

Civil Marriage Collaborative

Don’t Amend.com

Entre Hermanos

Equal Rights Washington

Evergreen State College Labor Center

Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund

Gill Foundation

GLAAD

GLSEN

Green Party of Seattle

GSBA

Human Rights Campaign

Ingersoll Gender Center

Lambda Legal

Laura Pierce Consulting

Legal Marriage Alliance of Washington

Lifelong AIDS Alliance

Log Cabin Republicans

Lutheran Public Policy Office

MJM & Associates, Inc.

NASW (National Association of Social Workers - Washington State)

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force

Northwest Women’s Law Center

PFLAG

Planned Parenthood of Washington

Pride Foundation

Pride at Work/Outfront Labor Coalition

OutSpokane

Q Law

Rainbow Center of Pierce County

Religious Coalition for Equality

Scouting for All

SEAMEC

Seattle Commission For Sexual Minorities

Seattle LGBT Community Center

Social Justice Fund Northwest

Stonewall Democrats of Washington

Trikone

Western States Center

Washington State Criminal Justice
The Defender Association

Drug Policy Alliance

Justice Works

King County Bar Association Drug Policy Project

NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund

The November Coalition

Reform Network

Sensible Seattle Coalition.

Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs

Gay and Lesbian Organizations

Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network

PFLAG, Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, Washington Chapter

Religious Organizations

American Friends Service Committee
Call to Renewal

Catholic Worker
Center for Progressive Christianity

Christian Alliance for Progress

Church Council of Greater Seattle

Clergy and Laity Network

Earth Ministry

Evangelicals for Social Action

Faithful America
Interfaith Alliance

Lutheran Public Policy Office

Seattle Network of Spiritual Progressives

Sojourners: Christians for Justice

Spiritual Progressives - National

Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
United Methodist General Board of Church and Society

Washington Association of Churches

Whidbey Institute

Witherspoon Society

National Environmental Organizations

The Apollo Alliance

American Wind Energy Association
Architecture 2030

American Rivers

Audubon Society

Clean Water Action

Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund

Earth Ministry

Earth Policy Institute

Earthjustice

EnviroLink: Research

Environment Washington Research and Policy Center

Environmental Defense

Environmental News Network

Environmental Working Group
Greenpeace
League of Conservation Voters

National Parks Conservation Association

Natural Resources Defense Council

Nature Conservancy - www.nature.org

Northwest Earth Institute

The Rainforest Site

Rainforest Action Network

Real Climate

Sierra Club

We Can Solve It
Wilderness Society

World Wildlife Fund

Washington State Environmental Organizations

Earth Share of Washington

Energy Policy Division of Washington Office of Trade and Economic Development

Climate Solutions

Futurewise – formerly 1000 Friends of Washington

Heart of America NW | Hanford Journey

Institute for Washington’s Future
Kettle Range Conservation Group

Mudup
The Nature Conservancy of Washington

NW Energy Coalition

ONE/Northwest

People for Puget Sound

Priorities for a Healthy Washington

Puget Sound Clean Cities Coalition (PSCCC)

Puget Soundkeeper Alliance

Sierra Club Cascade Chapter

Sierra Student Coalition - student arm of the Sierra Club

Sightline

Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC)

Surfrider Foundation, Northwest Straits Chapter

Surfrider Foundation, Olympic Peninsula chapter

Surfrider Foundation, Seattle Chapter

Surfrider Foundation, Westport Chapter
Transportation Choices Coalition

Washington Citizens for Resource Conservation

Washington Conservation Voters

Washington Environmental Council

Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility
Washington Toxics Coalition

Washington Wilderness Coalition

Washington Wildlife and Recreation Coalition

WashPirg

Ethnic & Migrant Organizations

Eastside Latino Leadership Forum

El Centro de la Raza

NAACP – National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Urban League

Local Children’s Organizations

Administration for Children and Families – Region 10: Seattle

Children’s Alliance

Children’s Campaign Fund

Children’s Home Society of Washington

Family Resources Northwest

National Early Childhood TA Center

Northwest Network for Youth

Safe Schools Coalition

School’s Out Washington

Treehouse

Washington Council for Prevention of Child Abuse & Neglect (WCPCAN)

Washington School-Age Care Alliance

Washington State CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates)

Washington State Child Care Resources and Referral Network

Washington State PTA

National Children’s Organizations

Administration for Children and Families - ACF@

Association for the Education of Young Children

Center for the Future of Children

Children's Defense Fund

Child Rights Information Network (CRIN)

Child Trends Databank - A one-stop-shop for the latest national trends and research on over 80 key indicators of child and youth well-being, with new indicators added each month.

Child Welfare League of America

Children Now

Children's Defense Fund - The mission of the Children's Defense Fund (CDF) is to Leave No Child Behind and to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities.

Children's Partnership, The

ChildStats- Forum on Child and Family Statistics - Easy access to federal and state statistics and reports on children and their families, including: population and family characteristics, economic security, health, behavior and social environment,and education.

Connect for Kids

Consultive Group on Early Childhood Care and Development

Every Child Matters Education Fund- national nonprofit organization devoted to improving the lives of children and families by advocating for better public policy during federal and state campaigns.

Free The Children

For the Grandchildren

Granny Voter

Kids Count - A national and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the U.S.A.;publication of the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The Casey Foundation supports KIDS COUNT projects in more than 50 areas of the United States to raise public awareness and accountability for the condition of kids and families.

International Youth Foundation

Mainstreet Moms

National Afterschool Association

National Association for the Education of Young Children
National Association of Child Advocates

National Black Child Development Institute

National Center for Children in Poverty - A nonprofit, nonpartisan research and policy organization to identify and promote strategies that prevent child poverty in the United States and that improve the lives of low-income children and families.

National Court Appointed Special Advocates

National Institute of Out of School Time

National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Statistical Briefing Book - A publication of the Department of Justice, the statistical briefing book; offers easy to find basic statistical information on juvenile offending, victimization of juveniles, and involvement of youth in the juvenile justice system

Save Head Start

Save the Children

Stand for Children

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

The Youth Policy Action Center - A collaborative effort by leading national advocacy and youth organizations to provide a central hub for issuing action alerts and posting resources for youth and youth advocates. The goal is to aid the youth movement by supporting organizations and individuals to promote youth involvement and empowerment.

Health Organizations

Alzheimer’s Association

Alzheimer’s Association, Washington Chapter

American Academy of Pediatrics

American Cancer Society

American Lung Association

Association of Alcohol and Addiction Programs

Compassion & Choices of Washington

Catholic Health Association of the United States

Catholic Healthcare West

Community Health Network of Washington

Eldercare Alliance - jerryreilly@msn.com