Businesses

• A Frame Awards -- Flint
  • Ben Roof, Owner

• Afia Health
  • Jeremy Nelson, Owner/CEO

• American Amusements and Vending -- Bay City
  • John Rozapycki

• Arbor Brewing Company and Corner Brewery
  • Rene Greff, Owner and Founder

• Cheryl Huff -- Detroit
  • Real Estate Owner and Manager

• Contemporary Artists Institute of Detroit (CAID)
  • Aaron Timlin

• Dayton Group of SE Michigan
  • Dayton Brown, President

• FIGO Salon
  • Domenico Marra C.O.O.

• Hannan Cafe - Detroit
  • Charlotte Jasper

• Lawells Publishing
  • Sherry A. Wells, Esq.

• Majestic Theater -- Detroit
  • Dave and Joe Zainea, Owners

• Milayken Media, Inc.
  • Michele McCullough

• Paramore Law
  • Yvonne Paramore, Esq.,MBA

• Relationship Institute -- Royal Oak
  • Joe Bavonese Phd., Director

• Save A Lot -- Detroit
  • Charles Walker

• Terapixel, Inc.
  • Mike Halerz, Owner

Organizations

• AARP American Association of Retired Persons
  • Steve Gools, State Director

• American Association of University Women Michigan (AAUW)
  • Mickey Edell, President

• Area Agency on Aging Association of Michigan
  • Mary Ablam, Executive Director

• Bay County Democratic Party

• Fair Budget Action Coalition

• Gladwin County Commission

• Hillsdale County Democratic Party

• Isabella County Democratic Party

• Jackson County Democratic Party

• Mid-Michigan Democracy for America

• Oakland County Democratic Party
  • Dave Woodward, Chair

• Shiawasee County Democratic Party

• The Justice Caucus
  • Paul Stevenson, Administrative Co-Chair

• Thirteenth District Democrats -- Detroit

• Washtenaw County Democratic Party
  • Stuart Dowty, Vice Chair

• Washtenaw County Workers Coalition

• Wayne County Commission

• Yemeni American PAC
  • Mr. A.J. Nahshal

Unions

• AFSCME Council 25
  • Al Garrett, President

• Communications Workers of America Michigan
  • Shannon Kirkland

• Graduate Employees Organization, University of Michigan
  • Colleen Woods

• Metro-Detroit AFL-CIO
  • Sandra Williams, President

• Michigan Nurses Association
  • Ken Fletcher

• National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 3126
  • John Dick

• Operating Enginners Local 547
  • Phil Schloop, President

• SEIU Healthcare Michigan
  • Rickman Jackson, President

• SEIU Local 517M
  • Phil Thompson, Executive Vice-President

• UNITE/HERE
  • Dia Pearce

Faith Based

• Board of Church & Society Detroit Annual Conference
  • United Methodist Church

• Catholics In Alliance for the Common Good
  • Vicky Kovari

• Council of Baptist Pastors
  • Reverand Dr. Oscar King III, President

• Gamaliel of Michigan
  • Sister Cheryl Liske, Executive Director

• Immanuel Lutheran Church
  • Reverend Pat Gahagen

• Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice
  • Chuck Warpehoski, Executive Director

• Interfaith Health and Hope Coalition
  • Ron Beford, President

• Michigan Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Network
  • Randy Block

• MOSES -- Metropolitan Organizing Strategy Enabling Strength
  • Ponsella Hardaway, Executive Director

• Pastor David Bullock
  • Greater St. Matthew Baptist Church

• Rabbi David A. Nelson
  • Rabbi Emeritus, Congregation Beth Shalom

• Rev. Charles E. Williams, II
  • Mary Church Terrell Council for Community Empowerment

• Rev. Maurice L. Rudds
  • Greater Mt. Tabor Missionary Baptist Church

• Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
  • Leadership Council Monroe Michigan
  • Mary Fran Gilleran IMH, President

• Unitarian Universalist Church of Flint

Civil Rights / Community

• Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services - ACCESS
  • Hassan Jaber, Executive Director

• Center for Civil Justice

• DSA
  • Dr. David Green, DO

• Lansing Association for Human Rights
  • Penny Gardner

• Michigan ACORN
  • Dave Lagstein, Head Organizer

• Michigan Citizen Action
  • Linda Teeter, Executive Director

• Michigan Disability Rights Coalition
  • Norm DeLisle, Executive Director

• Michigan Legal Services
  • Gary Benjamin, Esq.

• Triangle Foundation
  • Sean Kosofsky, Legislative Director and Interim Executive Director

• Upper Peninsula Children's Coalition
  • Paul Olson

Health Care / Medical

• American Medical Student Association -- Michigan Chapters
  • Michelle Debbink, AMSA Health Justice Director
  • Michigan State University
  • University of Michigan
  • Wayne State University

• Community Health and Social Services Center, Inc. (CHASS)
  • Ricardo Guzman, Executive Director

• Detroit Wayne County Health Authority
  • Chris Allen, Executive Director

• Dr. James Kruer, MD

• Dr. Margaret Meyers, M.D., Mercy Health Center, Detroit

• Dr. Rayna Bick, MD

• Dr. Susan Steigerwalt, MD

• Health Care for Health Care Workers
  • Tanieshia A. Bridges, Senior Health Policy Analyst

• Michigan Academy of Family Physicians
  • Joe Neller

• Michigan Long Term Care Task Force
  • Andy Farmer

• Michigan Osteopathic Association
  • Dennis Paradis, Executive Director

• Michigan Primary Care Association
  • Kim Sibilsky, Executive Director

• Michigan State University Chapter of the AMA
  • Medical Student Section

• MichUHCAN
  • Marjorie Mitchell, President

• National Physicians Alliance
  • Lennox McNeary

• Prof. Richard Lichtenstein
  • School of Public Health, University of Michigan

• Sister Mary Ellen Howard
  • Executive Director Cabrini Clinic

• The Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care

• University of Michigan Chapter of the AMA
  • Medical Student Section

• Washtenaw County Medical Society
  • Jim Mitchiner, MD - President

• Wayne State University Chapter of the AMA
  • Medical Student Section

Elected Officials

• City Commissioner Ryan Hersha
  • Battle Creek

• Commissioner Bernard Parker
  • Wayne County

• Commissioner Brian Brdak
  • Macomb

• Commissioner David Woodward
  • Oakland County

• Commissioner Dennis Carl
  • Gladwin County

• Commissioner Jewel Ware, Chair
  • Wayne County

• Commissioner Jon Switalski
  • Macomb County

• Commissioner Pam Wall
  • St. Clair County

• Commissioner Paul Gieleghem
  • Macomb County

• Commissioner Sarah Roberts
  • Macomb County

• Governor Jennifer Granholm

• Lt. Governor John Cherry

• President Kenneth Cockrel, Jr.
  • Detroit City Council

• Senator Glenn Anderson
  • Westland

• Senator Hansen Clarke
  • Detroit

• Senator Liz Brater
  • Washtenaw County

• Senator Mark Schauer
  • Battle Creek

• State Representative Alma Wheeler Smith
  • Ypsilanti

• State Representative Betty Cook-Scott
  • Detroit

• State Representative Coleman Young, II
  • Detroit

• State Representative Fred Miller
  • Mt. Clemens

• State Representative John Espinoza
  • Pt. Huron/Croswell

• State Representative Marie Donigan
  • Royal Oak

• State Reprsenative Aldo Vagnozzi
  • Farmington Hills

Individuals

• Ben and Marcia Bohnsack
  • Retired Methodist Clergy -- Marquette

• Brian White
  • Candidate for State Representative in Detroit

• Chuck Kesner -- Royal Oak

• Gail L. Warden
  • Chair, Detroit Wayne County Health Authority
  • President Emeritus, Henry Ford Health System

• Henry J. Aaron
  • The Brookings Institution

• James Mitchell
  • Health Care Activist -- Detroit

• Jan Wheelock -- Royal Oak

• John Freeman
  • former State Representative -- Madison Heights, Royal Oak, Hazel Park

• Kenneth R. Pritz - Executive Director ;The Julie Love Assistance

• Prof. Peter Joseph Hammer
  • Wayne State Law School

• Richa, Green Party Activist for the Homeless, Grand Rapids

• Sandy Oliver -- Royal Oak