Minimum Wage Letter Signatories
State and Local Organizations (alphabetical by state)
AL: Alabama Arise
AL: Alabama Coalition Against Hunger
AR: Arkansas ACORN
AR: Good Faith Fund (Pine Bluff)
AZ: WHEAT (World Hunger Ecumenical Arizona Task-Force) --
CA: Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California
CA: Alameda Corridor Jobs Coalition
CA: Beyond Shelter (Los Angeles)
CA: California ACORN
CA: California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation (Oakland)
CA: Center for Third World Organizing
CA: Coalition of California Welfare Rights Organizations
CA: Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth (San Francisco)
CA: Dominican Sisters of San Rafael
CA: Eden Housing, Inc. (Hayward)
CA: Housing California
CA: Housing NOW! (Santa Cruz)
CA: Human Services Alliance of Los Angeles
CA: Jewish Vocational Service (Los Angeles)
CA: Nonprofit Housing Association of Northern California (San
CA: LIFETIME, Low-Income Families' Empowerment through Education
CA: Los Angeles Coalition to End Hunger & Homelessness (Los
CA: Lutheran Office of Public Policy - California (Sacramento)
CA: Monterey County Interfaith Council for Social and Economic
CA: Neighbor to Neighbor
CA: Parca (San Mateo)
CA: St. Ignatius Loyola Parish (Sacramento)
CA: San Francisco Works (San Francisco)
CA: Sisters of the Holy Names California Province, Peace and
CA: Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing (Los
CA: UUSC Committe at Neighborhood Church (Pasadena)
CA: Western Center on Law & Poverty (Sacramento)
CA: Western States Youth Services Network
CO: Colorado ACORN
CO: Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
CO: Food Bank of the Rockies (Denver)
CO: Lutheran Office of Governmental Ministry
CT: Caucus of Connecticut Democrats
CT: Christian Community Action (New Haven)
CT: Collaborative Center for Justice (Hartford)
CT: Connecticut ACORN
CT: Connecticut Association of Nonprofits (Hartford)
CT: Connecticut Chapter of the National Organization of Women
CT: Connecticut Housing Coalition (Wethersfield)
CT: DemocracyWorks (Hartford)
CT: End Hunger Connecticut! (Hartford)
CT: Good Jobs!
CT: Greater Hartford Legal Assistance
CT: Organizing Commission for Social and Economic Justice (Hartford)
CT: Vecinos Unidos (Hartford)
DC: Bread for the City and Zacchaeus Free Clinic Inc.
DC: Covenant House Washington
DC: DC Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
DC: Pastors for Peace, DC Chapter
DC: Washington, DC ACORN
DC: Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless
FL: Broward Coalition for the Homeless (Fort Lauderdale)
FL: Coalition of Immokalee Workers
FL: Florida ACORN
FL: Florida Housing Coalition (Tallahassee)
FL: Florida Impact
FL: Florida Justice Institute, Inc.
FL: Florida Legal Services
FL: Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County, Inc. (Palm Beach)
FL: Respect Life Office, Diocese of Orlando
GA: 9to5, Atlanta's Working Women
GA: Cobb County Chapter of the National Organization for Women
GA: Cobb Human Services Coalition (Marietta)
GA: Commission on Community Ministries of the Episcopal Diocese
GA: Gentle Spirit Christian Church of Atlanta
GA: Georgia Coalition to End Homelessness (Athens)
GA: Georgia Equality Project (Atlanta)
GA: Georgians for Choice (Atlanta)
GA: Georgia Rural Urban Summit
GA: Open Door Community (Atlanta)
GA: South Central Georgia Taskforce for the Homeless
GA: Unitarian Universalist Church of Valdosta Social Action
IA: Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence (Des Moines)
ID: Helping Hand, Inc. (Boise)
IL: Champaign County Living Wage Association (Urbana)
IL: Chicago Anti-Hunger Federation
IL: Chicago Area Project
IL: Chicago Health Outreach
IL: Chicago Jobs Council
IL: Committee for New Priorities of Chicago Jobs with Justice
IL: Heartland Peace Center (Springfield)
IL: Illinois ACORN
IL: Joliet Diocese, Peace and Social Justice Ministry
IL: Sisters of Mercy of the Americas Institute Justice Team (Des
IL: St. Peter Social Justice Ministry (Geneva)
IL: YMCA Training Alliance (Chicago)
IN: Christian Community Action of Porter County
IN: Community Action of Northeast Indiana (Fort Wayne)
IN: Haven House Services, Inc. (Jeffersonville)
IN: Indiana Coalition on Housing and Homeless Issues
IN: Indiana Community Action Association (Indianapolis)
IN: Indianapolis Peace and Justice Center
IN: Technical Training Services, Inc. (Indianapolis)
IN: Training, Inc. (Indianapolis)
IN: Wabash Valley Human Services, Inc.
LA: Louisiana ACORN
LA: Second Harvesters Food Bank of Greater New Orleans
MA: Academic Working Group on Poverty (Boston)
MA: Choices Welfare Community Center (Hudson)
MA: Massachusetts ACORN
MA: Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless
MA: Massachusetts Welfare Rights Union (Mattapan)
MA: Massachusetts Neighbor to Neighbor
MA: St. John the Evangelist Church, Social Concerns Committee
MA: Tax Equity Alliance for Massachusetts
MA: The Better Homes Fund (Newton Centre)
MD: Benedictine Sisters of Baltimore
MD: CASA of Maryland
MD: Center for Poverty Solutions
MD: Delmarva Poultry Justice Alliance (Pokomoke City)
MD: Health Care for the Homeless, Inc.
MD: Maryland ACORN
MD: Public Justice Center
ME: Catholic Charities Maine
ME: Clean Clothes Campaign of Southern Maine
ME: Maine Coalition for Food Security
ME: Maine Rural Workers Coalition (Lewiston)
ME: Peace Through Interamerican Community Action (Bangor)
MI: Capuchin-Franciscans, Detroit Province
MI: Interfaith Committee on Worker Issues (Detroit)
MI: Metropolitan Detroit AFL-CIO
MI: Michigan Migrant Legal Assistance Project
MI: Michigan League for Human Services
MN: Community Labor and Religion Network (Duluth)
MN: Family Children's Service of the Minneapolis Metro Area
MN: JOBS NOW Coalition (St. Paul)
MN: Jobs and Affordable Housing Campaign (Minneapolis)
MN: Justice and Peace Council, Church of the Immaculate Heart of
MN: Loaves and Fishes Too (Minneapolis)
MN: Lutheran Coalition for Public Policy in Minnesota - ELCA (St.
MN: Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota (St. Paul)
MN: Minnesota ACORN
MN: Minnesota Budget Project
MN: Minnesota Housing Partnership (Minnneapolis)
MN: Rochester Franciscan Justice and Peace Core Committee
MN: Urban Coalition (St. Paul)
MO: Feed My People (St. Louis)
MO: Missouri ACORN
MO: Northeast Missouri Client Council for Human Needs, Inc.
MO: Pax Christi St. Louis
MO: Reform Organization of Welfare
MS: Catholic Charities-Diocese of Jackson
MS: Mississippi Human Services Coalition
MT: Montana Hunger Coalition (Missoula)
NC: Advocacy for the Poor, Inc. (Winston-Salem)
NC: Association for Early Childhood Professionals (Greensboro)
NC: Crisis Control Ministry, Inc. (Winston-Salem)
NC: Exchange Club Family Center (Durham)
NC: Exchange Club Family Center in Alamance County
NC: MANNA Food Bank (Asheville)
NC: North Carolina Council of Churches
NC: North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence (Durham)
NC: North Carolina Fair Share
NC: St. Peter's Catholic Church (Charlotte)
NE: Nebraskans for Peace (Lincoln)
NE: Voices for Children in Nebraska
NH: American Friends Service Committee, New Hampshire Program
NH: New Hampshire Citizens Alliance for Action (Concord)
NH: New Hampshire Housing Forum (Concord)
NJ: Affordable Housing Network of New Jersey (Trenton)
NJ: Association for Children of New Jersey (Newark)
NJ: Community Food Bank of New Jersey
NJ: East Brunswick Community Housing, Corp.
NJ: Housing and Community Development Network (Trenton)
NJ: Lutheran Office of Governmental Ministry in New Jersey
NJ: New Jersey ACORN
NJ: Somerset County Coalition on Affordable Housing
NM: Lutheran Office of Governmental Ministry - New Mexico
NM: New Mexico ACORN
NM: New Mexico Progressive Alliance for Community Empowerment
NM: Social Justice Office, Archdiocese of Santa Fe
NY: Action for a Better Community, Inc. (Rochester)
NY: Carpenters Local #120 (Utica)
NY: Cenacle Sisters of Ronkonkoma
NY: Center for Economic and Social Rights (Brooklyn)
NY: Community Food Resource Center (NYC)
NY: Elderlife, Inc. (Utica)
NY: Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, Inc. (NYC)
NY: Goddard Riverside Community Center (NYC)
NY: Housing Works
NY: Hunger Action Network of New York State
NY: Make The Road By Walking (Brooklyn)
NY: Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project (NEDAP)
NY: New York ACORN
NY: New York City AIDS Housing Network
NY: New York Coalition Against Hunger
NY: Office of Housing & Social Policy, Sisters of St. Joseph of
NY: Sisters of the Presentation, New Windsor, NY
NY: St. Francis Xavier Welcome Table (New York)
NY: St. James Church - Human Development Committee (Cazenovia)
NY: United Neighborhood Houses (NYC)
NY: Urban Justice Center (NYC)
NY: Utica Citizens in Action
NY: Welfare Reform Network (NYC)
NY: Westchester Progressive Forum
NY: Workers Voice (Jackson Heights)
OH: Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio (COHHIO)
OH: Community of Holy Rosary and St. John (Columbus)
OH: Contact Center (Cincinnati)
OH: Drop Inn Center Shelter (Cincinatti)
OH: Peace and Justice Committee of Sacred Heart Church (Oberlin)
OH: Peaslee Neighborhood Center, Inc. (Cincinnati)
OH: Sisters of St. Francis of Tiffin, Ohio
OR: CAUSA (Salem)
OH: Ohio Council of Churches
OH: Ohio Empowerment Coalition
OR: Oregon Center for Public Policy
OR: Oregon Human Rights Coalition
OR: Oregon Hunger Relief Task Force
OR: Oregon Law Center (Portland)
PA: Bernardine Franciscan Sisters Office of Justice, Peace,
PA: Campus Coalition for Peace and Justice (Pittsburgh)
PA: Citizens Budget Campaign of Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh)
PA: Coalition for the Welfare of Women & Children
PA: Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley (Bethlehem)
PA: Dignity Housing (Philadelphia)
PA: Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition
PA: Lutheran Advocacy Ministry in Pennsylvania
PA: Mon Valley Unemployed Committee (Homestead)
PA: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
PA: Pennsylvania ACORN
PA: Pennsylvania Council of Churches
PA: Pennsylvania Low Income Housing Coalition
PA: Philadelphia Association of Community Development
PA: Philadelphia Unemployment Project
PA: Pittsburgh Area Religious Task Force on the Economy
PA: Sisters of St. Joseph, Philadelphia, Committee for Social
PA: Peace and Justice Commission of St. John the Evangelist Roman
PA: Thomas Merton Center (Pittsburgh)
PA: Women's Association for Women's Alternatives (Swarthmore)
PA: Yorktown Community Development Corporation (Philadelphia)
RI: Brown University Student Labor Alliance
RI: Homeless Action for Necessary Development (Providence)
RI: Humanist Center of Cultures (Providence)
RI: Ocean State Action
RI: Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless
RI: Rhode Island Public Housing Tenants Association
RI: Statewide Housing Coalition of Rhode Island
SC: South Carolina Fair Share
TX: Archdiocese of San Antonio
TX: Center for Public Policy Priorities (Austin)
TX: Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word (Houston)
TX: Texas ACORN
TX: Texas Council on Family Violence (Austin)
UT: Coalition of Religious Communities (Salt Lake City)
UT: Community of Churches in Utah
UT: Crossroads Urban Center (Salt Lake City)
UT: JEDI for Women (Salt Lake City)
UT: Salt Lake City Living Wage Coalition (Salt Lake City)
UT: Utah Issues, Center for Poverty Research and Action
UT: Utah Progressive Network
VA: National Alliance for the Mentally Ill - VA
VA: New River Community Action (Radford)
VA: The Office of Justice and Peace of the Catholic Diocese of
VA: Social Action Linking Together (Vienna)
VA: Society of St. Andrew (Big Island)
VA: United Community Ministries (Alexandria)
VA: Virginia Coalition For the Homeless (Alexandria)
VA: Virginia Housing Coalition
VA: Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy (Richmond)
VA: Virginia Poverty Law Center, Inc. (Richmond)
VT: Bennington-Rutland Opportunity Council
VT: Peace & Justice Center (Burlington)
VT: Randolph Area Community Development Corporation
VT: Rutland County Housing Coalition
VT: Sheldon Methodist Church Food Shelf
VT: Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition
VT: Vermont Community Loan Fund
WA: Community Action Center (Pullman)
WA: Lutheran Public Policy Office of WA (Tacoma)
WA: Inland Empire Residential Resources (Spokane)
WA: Northwest Network for Youth
WA: Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane
WA: Spokane Low Income Housing Coalition
WA: St. Leo Parish Community (Tacoma)
WA: Washington ACORN
WA: Washington State Coalition for the Homeless
WI: Gesu Parish Social Ministry Committee and Legislative
WI: Hunger Task Force of Milwaukee
WI: Lutheran Office for Public Policy in Wisconsin
WI: New Beginnings Homeless Shelter of Dodge County, Inc. (Beaver
WI: School Sisters of Notre Dame (Elm Grove)
WI: Welfare Warriors (Milwaukee)
WI: Wisconsin ACORN
WI: Wisconsin Citizen Action (Milwaukee)
WI: Wisconsin Council on Children and Families, Inc.
WI: Women and Poverty Public Education Initiative
WV: Mercer County Peace Coalition/WILPF (Athens)
297 in 41 states
Current signatories through October 12, 2000
Patrick William Lester
Director of Public Policy
Coalition on Human Needs
Phone: 202-736-5886
Fax: 202-785-0791
Email: pwlester@chn.org
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