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The Adrian Dominican Sisters are an international Congregation of 841 vowed women religious whose roots go back to St. Dominic in the 13th century.

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The mission of the AAP is to attain optimal physical, mental, and social health and well-being for all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. To accomplish this mission, the AAP supports the professional needs of its members.

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The American Cancer Society is the nationwide, community-based, voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and service.

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The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) is the oldest and largest national medical specialty organization representing physicians who practice emergency medicine. With nearly 27,000 members, ACEP is the leading continuing education source for emergency physicians and the primary information resource on developments in the specialty. Founded in 1968, ACEP achieved a major milestone in 1979 when emergency medicine was recognized as the nation's 23rd medical specialty by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS). The independent certifying body for the specialty, the American Board of Emergency Medicine was installed at that time as a member of the ABMS.

The College continually monitors trends in the health care environment and analyzes issues affecting emergency physicians and their patients.

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The American College of Surgeons is a scientific and educational association of surgeons that was founded in 1913 to improve the quality of care for the surgical patient by setting high standards for surgical education and practice. ACS represents over 70,000 members, including more than 4,000 Fellows in other countries, making it the largest organization of surgeons in the world.

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The mission of the union includes:

Organizing workers in general, public employees in particular, promoting the welfare of AFSCME members and providing a voice in determining the terms and conditions of employment by using the collective bargaining process, as well as legislative and political action, promoting civil service legislation and career service in government, and assisting AFSCME members and affiliates through research and education.

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The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, is a national labor union of over 70,000 actors, singers and recording artists, dancers, announcers and other broadcast talent performers, journalists, and other artists working in the entertainment and news media. With more than 30 local chapters across the country, AFTRA promotes the success and welfare of members in a variety of ways, including contract negotiation and enforcement, advocating on legislative and public policy issues, supporting equal employment opportunities, and sponsoring or supporting health and retirement benefits and programs.

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The national, independent public health Foundation was created in 1999 out of the landmark Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) between the tobacco industry, 46 state governments and five U.S. territories. It is located in Washington, D.C. and is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. The Foundation develops programs that address the health effects of tobacco use. The focus is on vulnerable populations – youth, low-income Americans, the less educated, and racial, ethnic and cultural minorities. The Foundation also works through grants, technical assistance and training, partnerships, youth activism, and counter-marketing and grassroots marketing campaigns.

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Now in its second century, the American Lung Association is the leading organization working to save lives, improve lung health and prevent lung disease. With your generous support, the American Lung Association is “Fighting for Air” through research, education and advocacy. The American Lung Association has many programs and strategies for fighting lung disease, such as tobacco control programs.

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Founded in 1989 by Harvard Medical School professors, Best Doctors, Inc. is transforming and improving health care. The global company, headquartered in Boston, serves more than 30 million members in every major region of the world. Best Doctors works with the best five percent of doctors to find the right diagnoses and right treatments, and seamlessly integrates its trusted services with employers’ other health-related benefits. In addition to its clinical advocacy in the US, Best Doctors designs and implements international insurance programs that help people be sure they get the best care, and the right care. For further information, visit Best Doctors at www.bestdoctors.com.

CalPERS mission is to advance the financial and health security for all who participate in the system. They fulfill this mission by creating and maintaining an environment that produces responsiveness to all those they serve. CalPERS serves more than 1.4 million members and retirees.

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CDF is the foremost national proponent of policies and programs that provide children with the resources they need to succeed. We champion policies that will lift children out of poverty; protect them from abuse and neglect; and ensure their access to health care, quality education, and a moral and spiritual foundation.

From our inception, the Children's Defense Fund has challenged the United States to raise its standards by improving policies and programs for children. Over the years, we have become known for careful research on children’s survival, protection and development in all racial and income groups and for independent analyses of how federal and state policies affect children, their families and their communities. We let the public know how effectively their elected officials stand up for children. Through this work, we have influenced the child policy agenda and helped define the results for which we, as a nation, should strive.

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PERA provides retirement and other benefits to the employees of more than 400 government agencies and public entities in the state of Colorado. PERA is the 23rd largest public pension plan in the United States.

Established by State law in 1931, PERA operates by authority of the Colorado General Assembly and is administered under Title 24, Article 51 of the Colorado Revised Statutes. In accordance with its duty to administer PERA, the Board of Trustees has the authority to adopt and revise Rules in accordance with state statutes. Its membership includes employees of the Colorado state government, most teachers in the state, many university and college employees, judges, many employees of cities and towns, state troopers, and the employees of a number of other public entities.

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     Common Cause is a nonpartisan, nonprofit advocacy organization founded in 1970 by John Gardner as a vehicle for citizens to make their voices heard in the political process and to hold their elected leaders accountable to the public interest.  

     Today, Common Cause is one of the most active, effective, and respected nonprofit organizations working for political change in America.  Common Cause strives to strengthen our democracy by empowering our members, supporters and the general public to take action on critical policy issues.
Now with nearly 400,000 members and supporters and 36 state organizations, Common Cause remains committed to honest, open and accountable government, as well as encouraging citizen participation in democracy.  

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The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities is a Coalition of national consumer, advocacy, provider and professional organizations headquartered in Washington, D.C. Since 1973, the CCD has advocated on behalf of people of all ages with physical and mental disabilities and their families. CCD has worked to achieve federal legislation and regulations that assure that the 54 million children and adults with disabilities are fully integrated into the mainstream of society. The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) envisions an American society in which all individuals, aided by an enabling government, have the freedom and opportunity to exercise individual decisions concerning their own lives, welfare and personal dignity.

CCD envisions a society in which communities are fully accessible to all individuals with disabilities and their families, where they are included and fully participate in all aspects of community life.

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Duke’s mission is to make people’s lives better by providing gas and electric services in a sustainable way. This mission requires Duke to constantly look for ways to improve, to grow and to reduce their impact on the environment.

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Giant-Landover is one of the leading supermarket brands in the Washington D.C. area and a committed partner to the communities it serves. The company operates more than 180 supermarkets in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia, and employs over 22,000 people.

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The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) represents approximately 750,000 members who work in a wide variety of fields, including utilities, construction, telecommunications, broadcasting, manufacturing, railroads and government.

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The IFPTE’s mission is to allow tens of thousands of men and women working in professional and technical occupations a collective voice on the job. They give members an effective voice in the legislative process. All of their members are affected by our international, national, state and provincial legislatures in one manner or another. They advance issues that affect working families and assist candidates for government who advance those concerns unique to their membership. They raise the standards by which all professional and technical workers are employed.

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Founded in 1929, the JACL is the oldest and largest Asian American civil rights organization in the United States. The JACL monitors and responds to issues that enhance or threaten the civil and human rights of all Americans and implements strategies to effect positive social change, particularly to the Asian Pacific American community.

Looking to our future, the JACL constantly assesses the effectiveness of its role in Japanese American, Asian Pacific American and civil rights communities, and what infrastructure is necessary to effectively support our mission and efficiently achieve our goals. Today, with inter-racial and multi-ethnic marriages changing the face of the Japanese American community, the JACL faces additional challenges in looking to its future and to the future of the Japanese American community.

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Founded Feb. 12, 1909, the NAACP is the nation's oldest, largest and most widely recognized grassroots–based civil rights organization. Its more than half-million members and supporters throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities, conducting voter mobilization and monitoring equal opportunity in the public and private sectors.

The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination.

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Health centers depend in large part on public financial help and need a unified voice and common source for research, information, training and advocacy.

To address these needs, the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) organized in 1971.   NACHC works with a network of state health center and primary care organizations to serve health centers in a variety of ways:

    * Provide research-based advocacy for health centers and their clients.
    * Educate the public about the mission and value of health centers.
    * Train and provide technical assistance to health center staff and boards.
    * Develop alliances with private partners and key stakeholders to foster the delivery of primary health care services to communities in need.

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The conference’s core missions are federal advocacy, conducting research vital to the public pension community, and education of pension trustees and officials.

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The NCCMP's mission is to assure an environment in which multiemployer plans can continue in their vital role in providing benefits to working Americans with a minimum of regulatory or other interference.

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     The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) – the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States – works to improve opportunities for Hispanic Americans. Through its network of nearly 300 affiliated community-based organizations (CBOs), NCLR reaches millions of Hispanics each year in 41 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. To achieve its mission, NCLR conducts applied research, policy analysis, and advocacy, providing a Latino perspective in five key areas – assets/investments, civil rights/immigration, education, employment and economic status, and health. In addition, it provides capacity-building assistance to its Affiliates who work at the state and local level to advance opportunities for individuals and families.

     Founded in 1968, NCLR is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan, tax-exempt organization headquartered in Washington, DC. NCLR serves all Hispanic subgroups in all regions of the country and has operations in Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix, Sacramento, San Antonio, and San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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The National MS Society is dedicated to helping individuals suffering from multiple sclerosis. The Society helps individuals address the challenges of living with MS through their 50-state network of chapters. In addition, the Society funds cutting-edge research, drives change through advocacy, facilitates professional education, and provides programs and services that help people with MS and their families move their lives forward.

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NYSTRS is the second-largest public retirement system in the state and one of the 10-largest systems in the nation. We serve nearly 275,000 active members and 137,000 retirees and beneficiaries. Eligible retirees are guaranteed a monthly benefit payment for life. The Retirement System was established in 1921 by the New York State Legislature, and our benefits are paid in accordance with the laws enacted by the Legislature.

NYSTRS administers a defined benefit plan that provides retirement, disability and death benefits to eligible New York State public school teachers and administrators. Eligibility for these benefits depends on factors such as a member's tier of membership, age, earnings and service credit.

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The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), with denominational offices in Louisville, Kentucky, has approximately 2.3 million members, more than 10,000 congregations and 14,000 ordained and active ministers.

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The Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association (SMWIA) serves to protect and raise the living standards of over 150,000 skilled men and women employed throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. We work in the construction, manufacturing, service, railroad and shipyard industries.

The SMWIA strives to establish and maintain desirable working conditions for its members through their employers. Doing so provides them that measure of comfort, happiness, and security to which every member is entitled to in return for his or her highly trained and skilled labor.

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Stop & Shop is one of the leading food retailers in the northeast United States and the pioneer of the superstore concept in New England. Today the company operates over 380 stores employing approximately 60,000 employees throughout Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire, New York and New Jersey. Today the company operates superstores – some of which include gas stations, full-service pharmacies and conventional supermarkets Stop & Shop is a multibillion-dollar corporation and the largest food retailer in New England.

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The Episcopal Church strives to live by the message of Christ, in which there are no outcasts and all are welcome.  Walking a middle way between Roman Catholicism and Protestant traditions, we are a sacramental and worship-oriented church that promotes thoughtful debate about what God is calling us to do and be, as followers of Christ.

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U.S. PIRG is an advocate for the public interest. U.S. PIRG's mission is to deliver persistent, result-oriented public interest activism that protects our health, encourages a fair, sustainable economy, and fosters responsive, democratic government. The organization tackles pressing issues, such as product safety, political corruption, prescription drugs and voting rights. U.S. PIRG has a strong network of researchers, advocates, organizers and students in state capitols across the country.

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The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union is a labor union representing approximately 1.4 million workers in the United States and Canada in many industries, including agriculture, health care, meatpacking, poultry and food processing, manufacturing, textile, G4S Security, and chemical trades, and retail food.

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