A. Phillip Randolph Institute

ADA Watch/National Coalition for Disability Rights

AFL-CIO

Alabama Police Benevolent Association

Susan Allen, West Virginia State Public Affairs Chair, National Council of Jewish Women

Alliance for Justice

Alliance of Disability Advocates of North Carolina

American Association of People with Disabilities

American Association of University Women

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees

Americans for Democratic Action

Association on Higher Education and Disability

Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

Black Leadership Forum

California Disability Alliance

California Foundation for Independent Living Centers

California NAACP

Center for Independent Living of North Carolina

Coalition of Black Trade Unionists

Committee for Judicial Independence

Congressional Black Caucus

Council for Disability Rights

Deaf Counseling, Advocacy and Referral Agency

Delaware Chapter of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill

Delaware State Senator Margaret Rose Henry

Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund

Disability Policy Consortium of Massachusetts

Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards

Endependence Center of Northern Virginia

FEDUPP Coalition

Feminist Majority

Elaine Franz, Public Policy Chair, AAUW of Maryland

Freedom Center

Human Rights Campaign

Indiana Association of Urban League Executives

Paige Johnson, Director of Public Affairs, Planned Parenthood of North Carolina

Francine Jupiter, Virginia State Public Affairs Chair, National Council of Jewish Women

Betty Ann Knudsen, Past President, Women's Forum of North Carolina

Leadership Conference on Civil Rights

Legal Momentum (formerly NOW Legal Defense Fund)

Marlene Leonard, Maryland State Public Affairs Chair, National Council of Jewish Women

Reverend Joseph Lowery of Atlanta, Georgia Lorain County Urban League (Ohio)

Maryland NOW

Milwaukee, Wisconsin Chapter of the NAACP

Milwaukee, Wisconsin Common Council President Willie Hines

Mississippi Statewide Council for Independent Living

Mountain State Centers for Independent Living

MoveOn.org

NAACP

NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.

NARAL Pro-Choice America

National Association of Police Organizations

National Association of the Deaf

National Association of Social Workers

National Bar Association

National Black Caucus of State Legislators

National Center for Women and Policing

National Coalition on Black Civic Participation

National Coalition for Disability Rights

National Council of Jewish Women

National Council of Negro Women

National Council on Independent Living

National Employment Lawyers Association

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force

National Organization for Women

National Pan Hellenic Council

National Partnership for Women & Families

National Urban League

National Women's Law Center

National Women's Studies Association

New York City Former Mayor David Dinkins

North Carolina Legislative Black Caucus

North Carolina NAACP

North Carolina NOW

North Carolina Professional Fire Fighters and Paramedics

North Carolina Police Benevolent Association

North Carolina Troopers' Association

North Carolina Urban League

North Carolina Women United

Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbian and Gays

Pathways for the Future Center for Independent Living (Sylva, North Carolina)

Pennsylvania NAACP

People for the American Way

Professional Fire Fighters and Paramedics of North Carolina

Mary G. Peterson, Program Chair, American Association of University Women of North Carolina

Prairie Independent Living Resource Center

Programs for Accessible Living (Center for Independent Living in Charlotte)

Protect All Children's Environment

Rainbow/PUSH Coalition (headed by Rev. Jesse Jackson)

Self Help for Hard of Hearing People (San Jose, CA chapter)

Joy A. Shabazz Center for Independent Living (Greensboro, North Carolina)

Society of American Law Teachers

South Carolina Chapter of American Association of University Women

South Carolina Police Benevolent Association

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Southeast Kansas Independent Living Resource Center

Southern States Police Benevolent Association

South Plains Post Polio Network (Lubbock, TX)

Triangle Urban League (North Carolina)

United Auto Workers

United Spinal Association

USAction

Virginia Association of the Blind

Virginia Police Benevolent Association

Virginia AFL-CIO

Virginia NOW/Tidewater NOW

Mary P. Wells, Immediate Past President, North Carolina Business and Professional Women

Western Alliance Center for Independent Living (Ashville, North Carolina)

West Virginia FREE Coalition for Reproductive Freedom

Wisconsin Black and Hispanic Legislative Caucus

World Association of Persons with disAbilities

YWCA USA