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Activist Organizations

• AIDS Action -- “a national organization dedicated to the development, analysis, cultivation, and encouragement of sound policies and programs in response to the HIV epidemic.”
• Campaign for a National Health Program NOW! -- working together with Physicians for a National Health Program, major labor unions and the faith-based community.
• Center for Science in the Public Interest -- "a consumer advocacy organization … (They) conduct innovative research and advocacy programs in health and nutrition, and provide consumers with current, useful information about their health and well-being."
• Drug Policy Alliance – working for new drug policies based on science, compassion, health and human rights and a just society in which the fears, prejudices and punitive prohibitions of today are no more.
• Families USA Health Action Network -- sends timely email alerts calling for action on health policy issues and offers a Tool Kit and other resources.
• National Breast Cancer Coalition -- "committed to ending breast cancer, works to educate and train individuals to be effective activists and to influence policies that affect breast cancer research and treatment."
• National Council on Independent Living -- "a membership organization that advances the independent living philosophy and advocates for the human rights of, and services for, people with disabilities to further their full integration and participation in society."
• Physicians for Social Responsibility -- “medical and public health professions and concerned citizens, working together for nuclear disarmament, a healthful environment, and an end to the epidemic of gun violence.”
• Public Citizen Health Research Group -- directed by Dr. Sidney Wolfe, promoting safer drugs and public health.
• SaveRoe.com -- an action-oriented website run by Planned Parenthood.

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