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National Association of School Nurses (NASN) is a professional society of about 18,000 members that promotes the placement of a permanent full-time registered nurse in every school in the United States. The group was founded in 1968 as an arm of the National Education Association (NEA) labor union but
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The National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) is a left-of-center professional association for school psychologists, claiming to serve over 25,000 individual members throughout the United States. The organization has strongly supported the use of critical race theory within schools and defended teaching it in public schools by distributing documents outlining
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National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) is a professional organization for secretaries of state and other officials who work in the role as secretary of state in all 50 states; Washington, D.C.; Puerto Rico; and American Samoa.
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National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is a professional organization for social workers. It advocates for left-of-center social policies focusing on racial, economic, and LGBT issues. It also advocates for members to uphold professional standards rooted in identity politics.
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The National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification (NASDTEC) is an educational advocacy group that proposes state and federal regulation towards educator credentials. The group is partnered with local teachers, administrators, and school districts “in understanding and navigating the unique statutes and regulations governing teacher licensure across
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The National Association of State Election Directors (NASED) is a non-partisan professional organization for state election directors. NASED primarily serves as an annual conference to share best practices, but the organization has worked with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to implement election measures throughout the country. NASED has 61
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The National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO) was established in January 1947 in Chicago, Illinois. 65 Its membership consists of the directors of the central purchasing offices in each of the
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The National Association of State Treasurers is an organization comprised of the state treasurers or state finance officials from all U.S states, U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia. It also includes staff of these agencies.
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The National Association of System Heads (NASH) is a left-of-center association of chief executives and heads of public university systems in the United States. 86 NASH is rooted in the critical race
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The National Audubon Society is an environmentalist nonprofit ostensibly dedicated to the protection of American birds. The Society consists of nearly 500 chapters across the United States, each of which is an independent nonprofit affiliated with the national Society. The Audubon Society was founded in the 19th century to protect
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The National Bail Fund Network (NBFN) is a network of over 80 separate community bail and bond funds. The NBFN is not an organization in itself, but rather a list of local bail funds. The list is maintained and hosted by the Community Justice Exchange, a fiscally sponsored project of
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The National Bankers Association (NBA) is a professional association that advocates on behalf of minority depository institutions (MDI), an institution where 51 percent or more of the voting stock is owned by one or more “socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.”
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National Bar Association is a membership organization of African-American lawyers and judges. It was created in the 1920s after some Black lawyers were denied membership in the American Bar Association; in modern times, the Association has supported left-of-center race-relations and affirmative action policies.
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The National Black Food and Justice Alliance (NBFJA) is a coalition of Black food producers and nonprofits that advocate for increasing cooperation and political support for Black farmers. NBFJA claims that Black farmers have been the victims of systemic racism for at least a century, primarily at the hands of
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The National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) is a left-of-center organization that advocates against racism, homophobia, and “LGBTQ+/SGL bias and stigma”; for black LGBT, “queer+, and same gender loving (LGBTQ+/SGL)” people; and those with HIV/AIDS through advocacy, research, and education. The group sees itself as the “leading national black LGBTQ+ civil
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The National Black Theatre (NBT) is a Black-owned and operated theatre in Harlem, New York City that focuses on combining theatre with left-of-center social concepts such as climate, immigration, criminal justice, discrimination, and oppression. It was founded by Barbara Ann Teer, who was known as a champion of the Black
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The National Black United Fund is a non-profit group that advocates for social justice and economic opportunity for black Americans.
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The National Black Worker Center Project (“NBWCP”) is a left-of-center minimum wage advocacy group and a project of fiscal sponsor NEO Philanthropy. It sponsors workers’ centers in cities across the country that offer job training and partner with local businesses, labor unions, and government agencies to advocate for hiring unemployed
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The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) is a nonprofit teacher certification organization that offers certification programs for K-12 teachers. NBPTS certification is highly incentivized by many large public school teachers’ unions, most notably by the Chicago Teachers Union.
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The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that investigates and analyzes economic issues. NBER makes its research findings available to the public, academics, and decision makers in both public and private sectors through its working papers and scholarly conferences.
