LLEHCPA 2009 - Endorsing Organizations

The Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act (LLEHCPA) is supported by twenty-six state attorneys general and over 300 national law enforcement, professional, education, civil rights, religious, and civic organizations.

A. Philip Randolph Institute
AIDS National Interfaith Network
African American Ministers in Action
African - American Women's Clergy Association
Agudath Israel
Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (AG Bell)
Alliance for Rehabilitation Counseling
American - Arab Anti - Discrimination Committee
American Association for Affirmative Action
American Association of University Women
American Association on Health and Disability
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
American Association on Mental Retardation (AAMR)
American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD)
American Citizens for Justice
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
American Conference of Cantors
American Council of the Blind
American Counseling Association
American Dance Therapy Association
American Ethical Union, Washington Office
American Federation of Government Employees
American Federation of Musicians
American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, AFL CIO
American Federation of Teachers
AFL - CIO
American Foundation for the Blind
American Islamic Congress
American Jewish Committee
American Jewish Congress
American Medical Association
American Medical Rehabilitation Providers Association (AMRPA)
American Music Therapy Association
American Network of Community Options and Resources (ANCOR)
American Nurses Association
American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)
American Psychological Association
American Rehabilitation Association
American Speech - Language Hearing Association
American Therapeutic Recreation Association
American Psychological Association
Americans for Democratic Action
American Veterans Committee
And Justice For All
Anti - Defamation League
Aplastic Anemia Foundation of America, Inc.
Arab American Institute
The Arc of the United States
Asian American Justice Center
Asian American Legal Defense & Education Fund
Asian Law Caucus
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance
Asian Pacific American Legal Center
Association for Gender Equity Leadership in Education
Association of Tech Art Projects (ATAP) c/o Washington Partners LLP
Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)
Autism Society of America
AYUDA
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Bi - Net
B'nai B'rith International
Brain Injury Association, Inc.
Break the Cycle
Buddhist Peace Fellowship
Business and Professional Women, USA
Catholics for Free Choice
Center for Community Change
Center for Democratic Renewal
Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism
Center for Women Policy Studies
Central Conference of American Rabbis
Chinese American Citizens Alliance
Christian Church Capital Area
Church Women United
Coalition of Black Trade Unionists
Coalition of Labor Union Women
Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CCASA)
Communication Workers of America
Congress of National Black Churches
Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities
Consortium of Developmental Disabilities Councils
Council for Learning Disabilities
Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation
Cuban American National Council
Democrats.com
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
Disciples of Christ Advocacy Washington Network
Disciples Justice Action Network
Easter Seals
The Episcopal Church
Epilepsy Foundation
Equal Partners in Faith
Equal Rights Advocates, Inc.
Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Office for Government Affairs
Fair Employment Council of Greater Washington
Family Pride Coalition
Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association
Federally Employed Women
Feminist Majority
Friends Committee on National Legislation
Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network
Gender Public Advocacy Coalition
GenderWatchers
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Goodwill Industries International, Inc.
Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America
Helen Keller National Center
Hispanic American Police Command Officers Association
Hispanic National Law Enforcement Association
Human Rights Campaign
Human Rights First
The Indian American Center for Political Awareness
Interfaith Alliance
International Association of Chiefs of Police - (Senate) / (House)
International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists
International Association of Jewish Vocational Services
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
International Dyslexia Association
International Federation of Black Pride
International Union of United Aerospace and Agricultural Implements
Japanese American Citizens League
Jewish Council for Public Affairs
Jewish Labor Committee
Jewish Reconstructionist Federation
Jewish War Veterans of the USA
Jewish Women International
JAC - Joint Action Committee
Justice for All
LDA, The Learning Disabilities Association of America
Labor Council for Latin American Advancement
The Latino Coalition
Latino/a, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Organization
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
LEAP - Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics, Inc.
Learning Disabilities Association of America
League of Women Voters
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
Legal Momentum
Log Cabin Republicans
Major Cities Chiefs Association
MALDEF - Mexican American Legal Defense & Education Fund
MANA - A National Latina Organization
Maryland State Department of Education
Matthew Shepard Foundation
The McAuley Institute
Methodist Federation for Social Action
Moderator's Global Justice Team of Metropolitan Community Churches
National Abortion Federation
NAACP
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
NA'AMAT USA
NAKASEC - National Korean American Service & Education Consortium, Inc
National Abortion Federation
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
National Alliance of Postal and Federal Employees
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum
National Asian Peace Officers Association
National Association for Multicultural Education
National Association for the Education and Advancement of Cambodian, Laotian and Vietnamese Americans
National Association of Commissions for Women
National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators
National Association of the Deaf
National Association of Developmental Disabilities Councils (NADDC)
National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO)
National Association of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Centers (on House Vote)
National Association for Multicultural Education
National Association of People with AIDS
National Association of Private Schools for Exceptional Children
National Association of Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers
National Association of School Psychologists
National Association of Social Workers
National Black Justice Coalition
National Black Police Association
National Black Women's Health Project
National Center for Lesbian Rights
National Center for Transgender Equality
National Center for Victims of Crime
National Center for Women & Policing
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development
National Coalition of Anti - Violence Programs
National Coalition on Deaf - Blindness
National Coalition of Public Safety Officers
National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ)
National Congress of American Indians
National Congress of Black Women
National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA
National Council of Jewish Women
National Council of La Raza
National Council of Women's Organizations
National Crime Prevention Council
National Disability Rights Network
National District Attorneys Association
National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS)
National Education Association
National Federation of Filipino American Associations
National Fragile X Foundation (Fragile X)
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
National Hispanic Leadership Agenda (NHLA)
National Italian American Foundation
National Jewish Democratic Council
National Korean American Service and Education Consortium
National Latino Police Officers Association
National League of Cities
National Mental Health Association
National Multicultural Institute
National Newspaper Publishers Association
National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives
National Organization for Women
National Parent Network on Disabilities
National Partnership for Women & Families
National Puerto Rican Coalition, Inc.
National Rehabilitation Association
National Respite Network
National Spinal Cord Injury Association
National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States
National Structured Settlement Trade Association (NSSTA)
National Therapeutic Recreation Society
National Urban League
National Victim Center
National Women's Conference
National Women's Committee (NWC)
National Women's Law Center
National Youth Advocacy Coalition
NISH
NOW - National Organization for Women
NOW Legal Defense & Education Fund
NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby
9to5 Atlanta
9to5 Bay Area
9to5 Colorado
9to5 Los Angeles
9to5 Poverty Network Initiative (Wisconsin)
9to5, National Association of Working Women
North American Federation of Temple Youth
Northwest Women's Law Center
Organization of Chinese Americans
ORT - Organization for Educational Resources and Technological Training
Paralyzed Veterans of America
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
People For the American Way
Police Executive Research Forum
Police Foundation
Presbyterian Church (USA), Washington Office
Pride at Work
Project Equality, Inc.
Rainbow/PUSH Coalition
Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America
Research Institute for Independent Living
The Rabbinical Assembly
Rock the Vote
Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
School Social Work Association of America
Service Employees International Union, AFL - CIO
Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF)
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT)
Southeast Asia Resource Action Center
Southern Poverty Law Center
Spina Bifida Association of America
Texas Police Chiefs Association
Union of Reform Judaism
Union of Needletrades, Industrial & Textile Employees (UNITE)
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
United Cerebral Palsy
United Church of Christ - Justice and Witness Ministries
United Church of Christ - Office of Church in Society
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
United Methodist Church - General Board of Church and Society
United Methodist Church - General Commission on Religion and Race
United Spinal Association
The United States Conference of Mayors
United States Student Association
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
Washington Teachers Union
The Woman Activist Fund, Inc.
Women Employed
Women of Reform Judaism, Federation of Temple Sisterhoods
Women Work!
Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics & Ritual
Women's American ORT
The Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press
Women's Law Center of Maryland, Inc.
Women's Research and Education Institute (WREI)
World Institute on Disability (WID)
YWCA of the USA