I'm a strong believer in coalition building. Which is why I was very pleased to see the following announcement of yet another effort to fight back against the current war on women being waged against us by the right.
If you are a member of a group who should know about this-who is not currently part of the coalition-please pass this information on.
I'm including the full list since it is important to illustrate that the group does not represent only one segment of the women's movement.
Coalition Members
American Association of University Women
Linda Hallman, Executive Director/CEO
Advocates for Youth
Debra Hauser, President
Black Women's Health Imperative
Eleanor Hinton Hoytt, President
Black Women's Roundtable
Melanie Campbell, Executive Director
Center for Advancement of Public Policy
Martha Burk, President
Business and Professional Women's Foundation
Deborah L. Frett, Chief Executive Officer
Center for Health and Gender Equity
Serra Sippel, President
Center for Women Policy Studies
Leslie Wolfe, President
Coalition of Labor Union Women
Karen J. See, President
Dolores Huerta Foundation
Dolores Huerta, President
Family Values at Work
Ellen Bravo, Executive Director
Fem2.0
Abigail Collazo, Editor
Feminist Majority
Eleanor Smeal, President
Feminist Majority Foundation
Eleanor Smeal, President
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Erica DeCorla-Souza, Associate Director
Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America, Inc.
Marcie Natan, President
Jewish Women International
Loribeth Weinstein, Executive Director
League of Women Voters
Nancy Tate, Executive Director
MergerWatch
Lois Uttley, President
MomsRising
Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, Executive Director
Ms. Magazine
Kathy Spillar, Executive Editor
NARAL Pro-Choice America
Nancy Keenan, President
National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum
Miriam Yeung, Executive Director
National Association of Social Workers
Dr. Elizabeth Clark, Executive Director
National Coalition of 100 Black Women
Dee Dee Strum, President
National Coalition on Black Civic Participation
Melanie Campbell, Executive Director
National Conference of Puerto Rican Women
Vivian Ortiz, National President
National Congress of Black Women
Dr. E. Faye Williams, National Chair
National Council of Negro Women
Dr. Avis Jones De-Weever, Executive Director
National Council of Women's Organization
Susan Scanlan, Chair
National Council of Jewish Women
Nancy K. Kaufman, CEO
National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas, Executive Director
National Organization for Women
Terry O'Neill, President
National Partnership for Women and Families
Debra L. Ness, President
National Womens Health Network
'Cindy Pearson, Executive Director
National Women's Law Center
Marcia Greenberger, Co-President
National Women's Political Caucus
Linda Young, President
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Cecile Richards, President
Raising Women's Voices for the Health Care We Need
Cindy Pearson, Co-Founder
Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
Rev. Steve Clapp, Chair
RH Reality Check
Jodi Jacobson, Editor-in-Chief
She Should Run (WCF Foundation)
Siobhan 'Sam' Bennett, President/CEO
Silver Ribbon Campaign to Trust Women
Sophia Yen and Ellen Shaffer, Co-Founders
SisterSong
Loretta Ross, National Coordinator
UltraViolet
Nita Chaudhary and Shaunna Thomas, Co-founders
Wider Opportunities for Women
Donna Addkison, President and CEO
Women Donors Network
Donna Hall, Executive Director
Women's Information Network
Carla Reed, Chair
Women's Research and Education Institute (WREI)
Susan Scanlan, Executive Director
Women's Voting Project, CCMC
Kathy Bonk, Executive Director
YWCA USA
Gloria Lau, Interim CEO
Every feminist-male or female needs to get busy and mobilize.