TTHHEE MMOOVVEEMMEENNTT TTOO LLEEAAVVEE NNOO CCHHIILLDD BBEEHHIINNDD®® As of January 22, 2004, 1485 organizations have endorsed the Act and Movement to Leave No Child Behind. Steering Committee Members American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) The National Council of the Churches of Christ, U.S.A. American Federation of State, County and Municipal The National Council of Jewish Women Employees (AFSCME) The National Council of Negro Women Bread for the World National Urban League Center for Community Change RESULTS Child Welfare League of America Service Employees International Union (SEIU) National Association for the Education of Young Stand for Children Children The United Methodist Church National Conference of Black Mayors YouthBuild U.S.A. Organizations Endorsing the Act and the Movement To Leave No Child Behind National Endorsing Organizations 9 to 5 National Association of Working Women Generations United African Methodist Episcopal Church, Women’s Missionary The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Society I Am Your Child Foundation Alliance for Children and Families Institute for Children’s Environmental Health Alliance of Baptists Justice Policy Institute American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry League of Women Voters (AACAP) MANA, A National Latina Organization American Association of Children’s Residential Centers Mentoring U.S.A. American Baptist Churches U.S.A. National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good American Federation of Teachers Shepherd American Jewish Congress National Alliance of Black Student Governments American Public Health Association National Association of Black County Officials Americans for Democratic Action National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Association of Maternal and Child Health Program Agencies (AMCHP) National Association of Puerto Rican Hispanic Social Call for Renewal Workers, Inc. Children’s Environmental Health Network National Association of School Psychologists Children’s Foundation National Association of Social Workers (NASW) The Children’s Law Center, Inc. National Association of University Women The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) National Baptist Convention U.S.A., Inc. The Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (CME) National Black Child Development Institute Church World Service & Witness National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS Citizen Schools National Coalition for the Homeless Congressional Black Caucus National Center for Youth Law Ecumenical Child Care Network National Children’s Facilities Network Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence National Council of La Raza The Episcopal Church, U.S.A. National Education Association (NEA) Evangelical Lutheran Church of America National Exchange Club Foundation Families USA National Farm Worker Ministry Family Support America National Federation of Puerto Rican Pioneers Family Violence Prevention Fund National Head Start Association Family Voices National Health Law Program Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health National Interfaith Hospitality Network Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) National Low Income Housing Coalition National Mental Health Association (Over) National Network for Youth Presbyterian Church U.S.A. National Organization for Women Legal Defense & Progressive National Baptist Convention Education Fund Project South: Institute for the Elimination of Poverty & National Partnership for Women and Families Genocide National School-Age Care Alliance Public Education Network National Women’s Law Center Rainbow/PUSH Coalition National Youth Employment Coalition School Social Work Association of America (SSWAA) NETWORK: A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby Society for Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics Office of Management & Budget Watch Presbyterian Child Advocacy Network Regional and Local Endorsing Organizations- By State Alabama Alameda Children and Families Commission, San Leandro, CA Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, Birmingham AL Alameda Unified School District, Cal-SAFE Program, Alameda, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.-Dothan Alumnae Chapter, CA Enterprise AL The Alliance for Children’s Rights, Los Angeles, CA Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.- Beta Eta Chapter, All Saints Episcopal Church, Pasadena, CA Montgomery AL American Friends Service Comm. PMR, San Francisco, CA Federation of Southern Cooperatives, Epes AL American Lung Association of Los Angeles County, Greater Birmingham Ministries, Birmingham AL Los Angeles, CA New Hope Baptist Church, Wilmer AL American Medical Association Student Chapter at USC Medical School, Chatsworth, CA Alaska America Montessori Society Public Policy Task Force, Alaska Attachment & Bonding Associates, Wasilla AK Burlingame, CA Amos Memorial C.M.E., Los Angeles, CA Arizona Amos Temple C.M.E. Church Missionary Society, Riverside, CA Arizona Ecumenical Council, Phoenix, AZ Around the Korner Infant Toddler Care Centers, Arleta, CA Arizona Head Start Association, Tempe, AZ Asian American Drug Abuse Program, Los Angeles, CA Arizona Women’s Education and Employment Fund, Asian Health Services, Oakland, CA Phoenix, AZ Asian Pacific American Legal Center, Los Angeles, CA Family Counseling Agency, Tucson, AZ Association for Children for the Enforcement of Support Greater Phoenix Urban League, Phoenix, AZ (ACES), Sacramento, CA Guadalupe CAP Office, Guadalupe AZ Association for the Education of Young Children—Antelope Help 4 Kidz International, Phoenix, AZ Valley Chapter, Palmdale, CA National Association of Social Workers- Arizona Balboa School Day-care Center, Van Nuys, CA Chapter, Tempe AZ BANANAS, Inc., Oakland, CA Save the Family Foundation, Mesa, AZ Bay Area Homes for Kids, San Francisco, CA Wesley Community Center, Phoenix, AZ Berkeley Albany YMCA Head Start, Berkeley, CA Western Alliance of School Social Work Organizations, Berkeley Citizens Action (BCA), Berkeley, CA Tucson, AZ Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Social Justice Committee, Berkeley, CA Arkansas Berkeley Gray Panthers, Berkeley, CA Good Faith Fund, Little Rock, AR Bethel Community Presbyterian Church U.S.A., San Lee County Community Development Corporation, Leandro, CA Marianna, AR Beyond Shelter, Los Angeles, CA St. Francis County Workforce Alliance, Forrest City, AR Bienestar Human Services, Los Angeles, CA Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles and California The Inland Empire, Los Angeles, CA 4 C’s of Alameda County, Hayward, CA Black Women for Wellness, Los Angeles, CA 37th Street Early Education Center, Los Angeles, CA Boys and Girls Club of Santa Barbara, Inc., Santa 66th Street Early Education Center, Los Angeles, CA Barbara, CA 112th Street Early Education Center, Los Angeles, CA Breakthrough Parenting, Inc., Santa Monica, CA A Philip Randolph Institute of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA Break the Cycle, Los Angeles, CA A World Fit for Kids, Los Angeles, CA Bright Horizons, Milpilas, CA Academy of Finance- Manual Arts High School, Los Angeles, CA Brown’s Family Day, Lancaster, CA California Association for the Education of Young Accountable Health Care IPA Inc., Long Beach, CA Children (CAEYC), Sacramento, CA Acorns to Oaks Children’s Enrichment Center, Santa Clarita, CA California Association for Microenterprise Opportunity, The Advancement Project, Los Angeles, CA Oakland, CA Affirmative Health Care Consultants, Van Nuys, CA California Association of Early Childhood Teacher Alameda County Board of Supervisors, Oakland, CA Educators (CAECTE), East Palo Alto, CA Alameda County Child Care Planning Council, Oakland, CA California Black Women’s Health Project, Los Angeles, CA California Child Care Health Program, Oakland, CA COLAGE (Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere), San California Child Development Administrators Francisco, CA Association, Sacramento, CA Coleman Advocates for Children & Youth, San Francisco, CA The California Children’s Lobby, Sacramento, CA College of the Siskiyous Discovery Children’s Center, Weed, CA California Coalition for Youth, Sacramento, CA Community Action Marin, San Rafael, CA California Community Colleges Early Childhood Community Alliance for Stability & Healthy Economics Educators, Ranchos Pacos Verdes, CA (CASHE), Los Angeles, CA California Council of Churches and California Church Community Asset Development Re-Defining Education Impact, Sacramento, CA (CADRE), Los Angeles, CA California National Organization for Women, Community Child Care Council of Sonoma County, Santa Rosa, Sacramento, CA CA California Peace Action, Berkeley, CA Community Christian School, Lynwood, CA California Primary Care Association, Sacramento, CA California School-Age Consortium, San Francisco, CA Community Coalition, Los Angeles, CA California State University, North Ridge, North Ridge, Community Connection for Children, Mammoth Lakes, CA CA Comprehensive Child Development, Inc., Long Beach, CA California Youth Connection, San Francisco, CA Compton Avenue Early Education Center, Los Angeles, CA Californians for Justice, Long Beach, CA Connections for Children, Santa Monica, CA Campaign to Abolish Poverty, San Francisco, CA Contra Costa County Employment & Human Services, Canaan Housing Corporation, Los Angeles, CA Martinez, CA Cannan Place for Girls, Berkeley, CA Cordova Baptist Preschool & Kindergarten, Rancho Cordova, Career Dreams Educational Foundation, North CA Hollywood, CA Cordova Community Collaborative, Rancho Cordova, CA Catholic Big Brothers Big Sisters, Los Angeles, CA Crenshaw Family YMCA, Los Angeles, CA Center for the Advancement of Nonviolence, Los Angeles, CA Crystal Stairs,