Organizational Members Civil Rights Initiative
Organizational These organizations participated in the effort to establish
Representatives a high level person in the Administration responsible for
………………………………..…implementation of civil rights policy.
*Members of the Working Committee
(alphabetized by organizational name)
Valerie Fletcher Adaptive Environments
Joe Carleo AIDS Housing
Carol Rose ACLUM-American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts
*Ann K. Lambert *Gavi Wolfe Norma Shapiro Myong Joun
Pen Loe Alternatives for Communities and Environment – ACE
………………American Friends Service Committee of Western Mass.
*Anne Josephson Amicus Group (and MCAD Advisory Council)
*Nancy Shilepsky
Andy Tarsey Anti-Defamation League
Ingrid Schroffner Asian American Lawyers Association of Massachusetts
Janet Gee Asian American Resource Workshop
Bill Henning Boston Center for Independent Living
Arlene Korab Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts
Karen Miller Boston Society of Vulcans
Deborah Backus Boston Tenants Organization
*Aaron Tanaka Boston Workers Alliance
……………………..BRAMAS – Brazilian American Association
Maria Elena Letona Centro Presente
Charles Ogletree Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice
*David Harris …………………………………………...…….at Harvard Law School
Aaron Gornstein Citizens Housing and Planning Association – CHAPA
*Jeff Stone Citywide Dialogues on Boston’s Ethnic and Racial Diversity
*Paul Marcus Community Change, Inc.
*Janet Gillespie
Philip Warburg Conservation Law Foundation
Father Richard Lager Diocese of St. Francis Assissi, Catholic Church of the Americas
………………………ESAC – Ecumenico Social Action Committee – ESAC
Stephen S. Churchill Fair Employment Project, Inc
Lynn Girton
Barbara Dougan Families Against Mandatory Minimums
*Ginny Hamilton Fair Housing Center of Greater Boston
Don Gorton Gay & Lesbian Anti-Violence Project
*Lee Swislow GLAD – Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders
*Barbara Dougan Greater Boston Civil Rights Coalition
*Jeff Stone
Monica Halas Greater Boston Legal Services
*Nadine Cohen
Sister Lena Deevy Irish Immigration Center
Carrie Burke
M. Bilal Kaleem Islamic Society of Boston
*Sheila Decter JALSA – Jewish Alliance for Law & Social Action
*Cindy Rowe
Norma D’Apolito Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law of the BBA
*Rahsaan Hall
Laura Maslow-Armand
Laura Medrano League of United Latin American Citizens – LULAC
Cesar Martinaz
Jonathan Mannina Legal Assistance Corporation of Central Massachusetts, Worcester
Tom Callahan MAHA – Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance
Joe Kriesberg MADCD – Massachusetts Association of CDCs
*Mary Ann Hardenbergh MCEE – Massachusetts Coalition for Equitable Education
Elizabeth Rodgers MELA – Massachusetts Employment Lawyers Association
Charles Wagner MLGBA – Massachusetts Lesbian and Gay Bar Association
Andre Leroux Massachusetts Smart Growth Alliance
Holly Ryan Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition
*Barbara Chandler Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership
*Jean McGuire METCO, Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity, Inc.
M. Bilal Kaleem Muslim American Society, Boston Chapter
Karen Payne NAACP – Boston Branch
*Leonard Alkins
*Juan Cofield NAACP – New England Area Conference
Roscoe Morris
*Bill Robinson NAACP – South Middlesex Branch
Kristina Knowles National Organization for Women – Massachusetts
*Giovanni Negretti ¿ Oiste ?
Joe Tringali Stavros Center for Independent Living
*Horace Small Union of Minority Neighborhoods
Darnell Williams Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts
Sandy Thompson Winchester Multi-Cultural Network
Julia Houston Women’s Bar Association
