Who's Joining the ACLU?
According to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's 2004 master list, 1,620 charities are participating in the national Combined Federal Campaign – from 1 Way Out of Pornography, to Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families. In addition, local CFCs, such as the one for Central Texas, can include additional charities on their lists.
In addition to the ACLU, 11 groups on the national list have announced they've joined the effort to protest the CFC's terrorist-watch-list policy:
Advocacy Institute
Amnesty International USA
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
Breast Cancer Action
Center for Constitutional Rights
Electronic Frontier Foundation
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
National Women's Law Center
National Partnership for Women and Families
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
Sierra Club
Other members of the ACLU coalition, not currently on the CFC list, include:
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
OMB Watch
Pain Relief Network
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