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American Atheists is an anti-religious advocacy group that advocates for a complete separation of church and state and support for left-of-center social issues such as LGBT interests, removing government recognition of religion, and promoting comprehensive sex education.
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The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (AWM) is designed to the encourage participation of women in radio, television, and digital media. AWM supported the 2017 Women’s March and has advocated FCC regulatory action to increase the ownership of radio stations by women. AWM is the parent organization
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Advocates for Youth (AFY) is a left-of-center advocacy group that focus on topics such as youth sexual health, youth reproductive health, sexual violence, racial issues, and LGBT issues in both the United States and the “Global South,” a term referring to less economically developed nations.
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A is For is a New York City-based pro-abortion rights advocacy group that also collects donations for other pro-abortion non-profits. 80 Most of its key members are prominent entertainers involved in Broadway and the
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A Better Balance (ABB) is an advocacy group campaigning for increased government regulation of labor and employment, especially paid leave mandates. 90 The group is involved in left-of-center legal policy opposed both of President Trump’s
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52Feminists.com was a web-based project featuring short profiles of women (a few men are included) who market themselves as feminist entrepreneurs. Most of those profiled were Americans working in corporate or creative industries, charities, or feminist non-profit organizations. Several are business owners promoting their companies or professional services. A few
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Vote Pro-Choice (#VOTEPROCHOICE) is a political advocacy group that endorses and campaigns at the local and national level for candidates who support abortion. The group expanded its name recognition when it partnered with the 2017 Women’s March. The group has partnered with other pro-abortion organizations and the news outlet Democrats.com.
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Weston Milliken is a former management consultant and board secretary for the Democracy Alliance, a collective of left-of-center donors that has been active in orchestrating “the activities of a permanent ‘left infrastructure’” since 2004.
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Randi Weingarten is a 30-year union executive who, aside from a brief one-semester stint as a full-time teacher, 147 has almost exclusively served as a union leader. Joining the
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Quinn Delaney is a philanthropist, fundraiser, and major donor to left-of-center causes and Democratic politicians. In 2000, Delaney and her husband, real estate mogul Wayne Jordan, co-founded the Akonadi Foundation, a left-of-center racial justice grantmaking group primarily focused in Oakland, CA. Delaney has raised and personally donated millions
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Paul Egerman is a retired software engineer and political activist. A graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), he co-founded Interpretive Data Systems (later IDX), a medical information software company in 1974. After 20 years as COO, the company went public and Egerman retired. Egerman later co-founded and was CEO
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Patricia “Pat” Stryker is a billionaire heiress from Colorado. 250 In recent years Stryker has been one of the nation’s top political donors, giving more than $11 million to Democratic political candidates
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Norman Lear is a television producer who created a number of politically charged television shows, including “All in the Family,” “Maude,” and “The Jeffersons.” 302 Lear is a self-admitted
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Naomi Aberly is a left-of-center activist best known for chairing the board of Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA). She is an activist donor for a number of left-of-center and liberal PACs and candidates for public office. Aberly also sits on the board of directors for State Innovation
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Michelle Ringuette is a left-of-center political operative and organizer who since 2013 has worked as an official at the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) where she has the title of assistant to the president for labor, government relations, and political affairs. She has worked in public relations and as
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Michael Kieschnick is the president and CEO of CREDO Mobile, a cellular service company than channels one percent of its revenues into left-of-center causes. Kieschnick has been involved with numerous left-wing groups, including the Real Justice PAC, the League of Women Voters, and NextGen Climate. Kieschnick
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Megan Hull is a left-of-center activist and political donor who regularly contributes to Democratic candidates and left-of-center advocacy causes. Her father is Blair Hull, a billionaire investor and founder of the left-of-center grantmaking nonprofit the Hull Family Foundation. Megan Hull sits on the board of the Hull Family Foundation, which
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Mary Kay Henry serves as the international president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). Henry worked for the union almost continuously since 1979, 382 holding 18 different
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Keith Mestrich is a left-of-center banking executive and former labor union official who promotes the role of financial institutions with left-of-center political principles as partners to implement left-wing policy initiatives. Mestrich is currently transitioning out of his position as president of Amalgamated Bank, a financial institution owned by
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Judith Avery is the daughter of R. Stanton Avery, the founder of Avery Dennison Corporation and the inventor of self-sticking labels. 447
