2005 conference host committee

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2005 conference host committee

National Organizations
A. Philip Randolph Institute
ACORN
American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations
American Federation of Musicians
American Federation of State, County, & Municipal Employees
American Medical Student Association
American Rights At Work
Americans for Health Care
Call to Renewal
Communications Workers of America
Farm Labor Organizing Committee
Good Jobs First!
Grassroots Global Justice
Institute for Policy Studies
Interfaith Worker Justice
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Labor Council for Latin American Advancement
Let Justice Roll Living Wage Campaign
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
National Coalition for Dignity & Amnesty
National Education Association
National Education Association Student Program
National Family Farm Coalition
National Farmworker Ministry
National Immigration Law Center
National Network for Immigrant & Refugee Rights
New Trade Union Initiative - India
Not With Our Money
Pride at Work
Rock the Vote
Service Employees International Union
The Shalom Center
Student Action with Farmworkers
Student/Farmworker Alliance
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
United Church of Christ Justice & Witness Ministries
United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America
United Food & Commercial Workers
United States Student Association
United Steelworkers
United Students Against Sweatshops
UNITE-HERE
Universal Health Care Action Network
USAction

Local & Regional Organizations
American Federation of Government Employees Local 3354
American Federation of State, County, & Municipal Employees Council 72
American Postal Workers Union Gateway District
John Bowman, Missouri State Representative
Coalition of Labor Union Women - Metro St. Louis Chapter
Communications Workers of America District 4
Communications Workers of America District 6
Community Renewal Society
Healthcare Justice Education Fund
Human Rights Action Service
Illinois AFL-CIO
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1439
International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 682
Jews United for Justice
Missouri AFL-CIO
Missouri Rural Crisis Center
Service Employees International Union Local 1
Student Worker Alliance at Washington University
UNITE-HERE Midwest Regional Joint Board
Utility Workers Union Local 335
Veterans for Peace Chapter 61

National Workers' Rights Board Members
Ed Asner, Actor
Elaine Bernard, Harvard University Labor & Worklife Program
Heather Booth, Activist, Strategist, Consultant
Rep. Bob Brady, U.S. House of Representatives
Rep. Sherrod Brown, U.S. House of Representatives
Father John Celichowski, St. Martin de Porres Catholic Church
Joshua Chasan, Ohavi Zedek Synagogue
Ron Daniels, Center for Constitutional Rights
Marie Dennis, Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns
Bishop Jesse Dewitt, Retired, United Methodist Church
Barbara Ehrenreich, Author
Bill Fletcher, Jr., President, TransAfrica Forum*
Sarah Fox, Bredhoff & Kaiser, Washington, DC
Margaret Fung, Asian American Legal Defense Fund
Julie Hurwitz, Guild Law Center
Jim Jontz, Americans for Democratic Action
Linda Meric, 9 to 5, National Association of Working Women
Larry Mishel, Economic Policy Institute
Rev. Dr. Calvin Morris, Community Renewal Society
Virginia Nesmith, National Farmworker Ministry
Rep. Major Owens, U.S. House of Representatives
Rev. Dr. Bernice Powell-Jackson, United Church of
Christ Justice & Witness Ministries
Edie Rasell, United Church of Christ Justice & Witness Ministries
Horace Small, Union of Minority Neighborhoods
Ajita Talwater, U.S. Student Association
Suzi Weissman, St. Mary's College of California
Rep. Lynn Woolsey, U.S. House of Representatives
Howard Zinn, Boston University

*Organization listed for identification purposes only