Coalition Members of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
Beginning in 1950 with 30 organizations, mostly civil rights and labor groups, The Leadership Conference has grown in numbers, scope, and effectiveness. Here you will find a listing of the more than 200 national coalition members that comprise The Leadership Conference.
Bolded text denotes Leadership Conference Board of Directors membership
For information on how to become a Leadership Conference member organization, please contact our director of membership, Lisa Haywood, at haywood@civilrights.org. Please note that to be eligible for membership, an organization must share The Leadership Conference’s principles and purposes, be national in scope, and conduct an ongoing civil rights program.
COALITION MEMBERS
A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P – Q – R – S – T – U – V – W – X – Y – Z
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A
- A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI)
- AARP
- AAUW (formerly known as the American Association of University Women)
- Advancement Project
- African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME Church)
- Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN)
- Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
- Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
- American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)
- American Association for Access, Equity and Diversity (AAAED)
- American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
- American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD)
- American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
- American Council of the Blind (ACB)
- American Ethical Union (AEU)
- American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO (AFGE)
- American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)
- American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO (AFSCME)
- American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO (AFT)
- American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
- American Humanist Association (AHA)
- American Islamic Congress (AIC)
- American Jewish Committee (AJC)
- American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO (APWU)
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
- Americans for Democratic Action (ADA)
- Americans United for Separation of Church and State
- Amnesty International USA
- The Andrew Goodman Foundation
- Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
- Appleseed
- Arab American Institute Foundation
- The Arc
- Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC
- Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF)
- Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, AFL-CIO (APALA)
- The Association of Junior Leagues International Inc. (AJLI)
- The Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)
- Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN)
B
- Bend the Arc
- B’nai B’rith International (BBI)
- Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law
- Building & Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO (BCTD)
C
- Campaign for Youth Justice
- Center for Community Change (CCC)
- Center for Constitutional Rights
- Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
- Center for Media Justice
- Center for Popular Democracy
- Center for Reproductive Rights
- Center for Responsible Lending (CRL)
- Children’s Defense Fund (CDF)
- Church of the Brethren – World Ministries Commission
- Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU)
- Coalition on Human Needs
- Common Cause
- Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO, CLC (CWA)
- Community Action Partnership
- Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA)
- Compassion & Choices
- Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD)
- Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, Inc. (COPAA)
D
- DC Vote
- Defending Rights and Dissent
- Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
- Dēmos
- Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF)
E
- Equal Justice Society
- Equally American Legal Defense and Education Fund
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
F
- FairVote
- Families USA
- Federally Employed Women (FEW)
- Feminist Majority
- Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL)
G
- Girls Inc.
- GLSEN
- Global Rights
- Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics & Allied Workers International Union (GMP)
H
- Hadassah (The Women’s Zionist Organization of America)
- Hindu American Foundation (HAF)
- Hip Hop Caucus
- Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
- Human Rights First (HRF)
- Human Rights Watch (HRW)
I
- Impact Fund
- International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM)
- International Association of Official Human Rights Agencies (IAOHRA)
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters
- International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW)
- Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc.
J
- Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)
- Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA)
- Jewish Labor Committee (JLC)
- Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law (Bazelon Center)
- Juvenile Law Center
K
L
- Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA)
- Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA)
- Lambda Legal
- LatinoJustice PRLDEF
- Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
- League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
- League of Women Voters of The United States (LWV)
- Legal Aid at Work
- Legal Momentum
M
- Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation
- Matthew Shepard Foundation
- Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)
- Muslim Advocates
- Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC)
N
- NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF)
- NALEO Educational Fund
- National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity (NAPE)
- National Alliance of Postal & Federal Employees (NAPFE)
- National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO)
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
- The National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs, Inc. (NACWC)
- National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC)
- National Association of Consumer Advocates (NACA)
- National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD)
- National Association of Human Rights Workers (NAHRW)
- National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO)
- National Association of Neighborhoods (NAN)
- National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
- National Bar Association (NBA)
- National Black Caucus of State Legislators (NBCSL)
- National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC)
- National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD)
- National Center for Lesbian Rights
- National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE)
- National Center for Youth Law (NCYL)
- National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development (National CAPACD)
- National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH)
- National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP)
- National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (NCADP)
- National College Access Network
- National Committee to Preserve Social Security & Medicare
- National Congress of American Indians (NCAI)
- National Consumer Law Center (NCLC)
- National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA)
- National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S. (NCC)
- National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW)
- National Council of Negro Women (NCNW)
- National Council on Independent Living (NCIL)
- National Disability Rights Network (NDRN)
- National Education Association (NEA)
- National Employment Law Project (NELP)
- National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA)
- National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA)
- National Farmers Union (NFU)
- National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA)
- National LGBTQ Task Force
- National Health Law Program (NHeLP)
- National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC)
- National Immigration Forum
- National Immigration Law Center (NILC)
- National Korean American Service and Education Consortium (NAKASEC)
- National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
- National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty
- National Lawyers Guild (NLG)
- National Legal Aid & Defender Association (NLADA)
- National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC)
- National Network for Arab American Communities (NNAAC)
- National Organization for Women (NOW)
- National Partnership for Women & Families
- National Senior Citizens Law Center
- National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Inc.
- National Urban League (NUL)
- National Women’s Law Center (NWLC)
- National Women’s Political Caucus (NWPC)
- Native American Rights Fund (NARF)
- New Jersey Institute for Social Justice (NJISJ)
- Newspaper Guild
O
- OCA (formerly known as Organization of Chinese Americans)
- Office of Communication of the United Church of Christ, Inc. (OC Inc.)
- Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
- Open Society Policy Center (OSPC)
P
- Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA)
- PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays )
- People For the American Way (PFAW)
- Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.
- Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. (PPFA)
- PolicyLink
- Poverty & Race Research Action Council (PRRAC)
- Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
- Pride At Work
- Prison Policy Initiative
- Public Advocates Inc.
R
- Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (RAC)
- Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU)
S
- Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
- Secular Coalition for America
- Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
- The Sierra Club
- Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.
- Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF)
- Sikh Coalition
- South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT)
- Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC)
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
- Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)
T
U
- UnidosUS (formerly National Council of La Raza)
- Union for Reform Judaism (URJ)
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- United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (UBC)
- United Church of Christ Justice and Witness Ministries (JWM)
- United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO (UFW)
- United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW)
- United Methodist Church-General Board of Church & Society
- United Mine Workers of America, AFL-CIO (UMWA)
- United States International Council on Disabilities (USICD)
- United States Students Association (USSA)
- United Steelworkers of America (USW)
V
W
- Workers Defense League
- Workmen’s Circle