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SPIN Academy Alumni

11 years and more than 600 communicators trained!

The Class of 2009

Any Baby Can
Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations
California Immigrant Policy Center
Center for New Community
Chico Peace & Justice Center
Chinatown Community Development Center
Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition
Community Action Agency of Southern New Mexico
Community Water Center
Cornerstone Theater Company
Equality Federation, Equality Federation Institute
Exhale
Families For Freedom
Fight Crime: Invest in Kids California
Florida Immigration Coalition
Foundation Communities
Fresh Energy
Gay-Straight Alliance Network (GSA Network)
HOLA
Idaho Community Action Network
Immigrant Legal Resource Center
Latin American and Caribbean Community Center
Meals on Wheels and More
MIRA Coalition
Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance (MIRA)
Missouri Jobs with Justice
National Immigration Forum
National Training and Information Center
Nevada Network Against Domestic Violence
People Reaching Out
Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project - QWOCMAP
Rights for All People
Tennessee Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition
The Greenlining Institute
The New York Immigration Coalition
Washington Citizens for Resource Conservation


ACCESS/Women's Health Rights Coalition
Alliance for a Better Community>
American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey
Amnesty International
Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice
Basic Rights Oregon
Border Action Network
California School Age Consortium
Campaign for Better Health Care
CARTA, Inc.
Center for Community Change
Center for New Community
Center on Policy Initiatives
Chico Peace and Justice Center
CIRC/Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence
Citizens for Quality Sickle Cell Care, Inc.
Connecticut Center for a New Economy
Connecticut Health Foundation
Corporate Accountability International
Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chhicago
El Centro Inc.
Encounter
Family Equality Council
Family Violence Law Center
Global Exchange
Health GAP
Interfaith Alliance
Justice at Stake Campaign
Keshet
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE)
Media Action
Media Mobilizing Project
Mental Disability Rights International
National Abortion Federation
National Training and Information Center
NY Immigration Coalition
Oil Change International
Pacific Environment
PICO LA
Preschool California
Research Institute on Social and Economic Policy
Safe Nest
SafePlace
San Francisco Baykeeper
San Francisco Bicycle Coalition
Services, Immigrant Rights & Education Network (SIREN)
South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT)
South Asian Network
Southwestern Area Health Education Center
STOP AIDS Project
Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC)
Texas Association Against Sexual Assault (TAASA)
Texas Media Empowerment Project/ Local 782
The Opportunity Agenda
The Sikh Coalition
Urban Habitat
Weed & Seed
WORLD
World Wildlife Fund

The Class of 2007

Arab American Family Services
Arab American Institute
Asian Pacific American Legal Center
Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations
Border Action Network
CA Latinas for Reproductive Justice
Center for Community Change
Center for Health Justice
Center on Policy Initiatives
Centro Legal de la Raza
Chinese for Affirmative Action
Coleman Advocates for Children & Youth
ColorOfChange.org
Community Action New Mexico
Community Coalition
Community Voices Heard
CTC-Vista/AmeriCorp Davis Community Network
Dakota Rural Action
East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy
Ella Baker Center
Fair Shake Network
Families Against Injustice
Feminist Women's Health Center
Florida Immigrant Coalition
Foundation for Educational Advancement, Inc.
Idaho Women's Network
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Jobs with Justice
LA Voice - PICO
Ledge Light Health District
Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County
Legal Services for Prisoners with Children
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
Louisiana Bucket Brigade
Media & Democracy Coalition
Midwest Coalition for Human Rights
Migration Policy Institute
Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights
NARAL Pro-Choice California
National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum
National Immigration Law Center
National Minorities with Disabilities Coalition
Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest

NYC Grassroots Media Coalition
Papa Ola Lokahi
Partnerhip for Working Families
Prometheus Radio Project
Rainforest Action Network
Reclaim the Media
SAJE (Strategic Actions for a Just Economy)
Southwest Workers' Union
St. Louis Area Jobs with Justice
Stop Prisoner Rape
Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition
The Arab-American Family Support Center
The Respect For All Project
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Voces de la Frontera

The Class of 2006

Survivors of Torture, International
Community Coalition
The Reform Institute
The Sylvia Rivera Law Project
Labor and Occupational Health, UC Berkeley
Homies Unidos
Refugee Women's Alliance
East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy
Central Area Health Education Center, Inc.
The People's Institute for Survival & Beyond
Coalition for Economic Survival
New York Immigration Coalition
National Family Farm Coalition
Pro-Choice Public Education Project
Women of Color Resource Center
Fringe Benefits
Mothers for Clean Air & Galveston-Houston Association for Smog Prevention
Nevada Network Against Domestic Violence
National Urban Families Coalition
Texas Council on Family Violence
Justice Now
Young Women's Empowerment Project
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Sponsor: Detention Watch Network
Bridges...A Community Support System Inc.
Strategic Health Communications
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid
International Jewish Solidarity Network
New York Jobs with Justice
Transgender Law Center
Fresh Energy
Pratt Center for Community Development
Mujeres Unidas y Activas
Connecticut Oral Health Initiative
Hate Free Zone Washington
Center on Policy Initiatives
Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition
Asian Pacific American Legal Center
LA Voice - PICO
East LA Community Corporation
APEN (Asian Pacific Environmental Network)
Sun Street Centers
The National Campaign To Restore Civil Rights
Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training
California Center for Rural Policy, Humboldt State University
Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy
South of Market Community Action Network
San Diego LGBT Community Center
Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.
Asian Law Caucus

The Class of 2005

ACLU of Florida/Florida Rights Restoration Coalition
Advancement Project
AFT CT, AFL-CIO
Alaska Community Action on Toxics
American Civil Liberties Union - Reproductive Freedom Project
American Friends Service Committee
Asian Pacific American Legal Center
Bridgeport Child Advocacy Coalition
California Coalition for Reproductive Health
California Pan-Ethnic Health Network
California Partnership
California Partnership for Working Families
Chicago Jobs With Justice
CHIRLA
Colorado Environmental Coalition
CompuMentor
Connecticut Voices for Children
Dakota Resource Council
Environmental Health Coalition
Fresno Center for New Americans
Fresno Health Consumer Center
Front Range Economic Strategy Center
Greater Stamford System of Care Collaborative
Greenbelt Alliance
GSA Network
Indian Law Resource Center
Initiative for Global Development
InnerCity Struggle
Inquilinos Unidos
Korean Resource Center
Lao Family Community of Stockton
Latino Coalition for a Healthy California
League of Young Voters
LIFETIME
M.E.A.N. INC
Maryland Justice Coalition
McKenzie River Gathering Foundation
Media Team Australia
Miami Workers Center
Midwest Immigrant & Human Rights Center
Movimiento por Justicia del Barrio
National Economic Development & Law Center
National Immigration Law Center
Network of Ethnic Physicians Organizations
New Mexico Voices for Children
New York Jobs with Justice
NWFCO
People of Faith Against the Death Penalty
PILA- Partnership for Immigrant Leadership and Action
Progressive Minnesota
REACT - Rubbertown Emergency ACTion
Sacramento Lao Family Community
SCOPE
Tex G. Hall, President of the National Congress of American Indi
The Opportunity Agenda
ULOAH (United Lesbians of African Heritage)
Utah Progressive Network
Voices for America’s Children
Western Conservation Coalition
Wisconsin Citizen Action
Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children

The Class of 2004

ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project
Agenda
Allianza Para El Desarrolo
American Friends Service Committee (Project Voice)
Brooklyn Center for Independence of the Disabled
Coalition of African, Asian, European and Latino Immigrants of Illinois (CAAELII)
California Immigrant Welfare Collaborative
Center on Policy Initiatives
Cesar E. Chavez Center for Domestic Workers
California League of Conservation Voters Education Fund
Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project (CHAMP)
In Defense of Animals
Ella Baker Center (Bay Area PoliceWatch)
Equal Justice Society
Equality Now
Families to Amend California's Three Strikes
FIERCE
Fifth Avenue Committee
Gamaliel Foundation
Hate Free Zone Washington
Health Care Without Harm
InnerCity Struggle
Instituto de Educacion Popular del Sur de California
Jewish Voice for Peace
Labor Project for Working Families
Latino Issues Forum
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights
LIFETIME
Living Wage Coalition
Maryland Justice Coalition
Maryland Voting Rights Restoration Coalition
Mayfair Improvement Initiative
Mississippi Workers' Center for Human Rights
National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
National Network of Abortion Funds
New Haven Family Alliance, Inc.
New Mexico Human Needs Coordinating Council
Oakland Community Organizations
One Connecticut
Public Citizen Texas
Snake River Alliance
Southern Echo
Southern Rural Black Women's Initiative (SRBWI)
Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group
Strategic Actions for a Just Economy
Sylvia Rivera Law Project
Texas LULAC State Executive Office
The National Center for Human Rights Education
The Praxis Project
Third World Majority
United Council of University of Wisonsin Students
VOZ Workers' Rights Education Project
Workplace Fairness
Youth United for Community Action

The Class of 2003

ACCESS/Women's Health Rights Coalition
American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)
African Services Committee
Alaska Progressive Coalition
Americans for Indian Opportunity
Arc Ecology
Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
Blackout Arts Collective (BAC)
Border Action Network
Call to Renewal
Center for the Study of the Americas/Desarrollo Alternativo
Center on Policy Initiatives
Civil Liberties and Public Policy Program
Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking
Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition
Community Coaltion
Community Food Security Coalition
Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice
Cornerstone Theater Company
Demos
East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy
Environmental Justice Coalition for Water
Equality Florida
Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM)
Federation of Child Care Centers of Alabama
Free Speech TV
Garment Worker Center
Global Exchange
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees
Greater Birmingham Ministries
Health Care For All
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC)
Israeli Strategic Media Center
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE)
Los Angeles Indigenous Peoples' Allaince
Mainstream Media Project
Metropolitan Tenants Organization
Migration Policy Institute
Military Toxics Project
National Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice
National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
New York Jobs with Justice
Northwest Federation of Community Organizations
Peace Action
Pesticide Action Network North America
Picture the Homeless
Prison Moratorium Project
Pro-Choice Public Education Project
Rainforest Action Network
Strategic Action for a Just Economy (SAJE)
San Francisco Women Against Rape
South Dakota Coalition Against DVSA
SouthWest Organizing Project
Southwest Workers' Union
Tennessee Industrial Renewal Network
Texas Council on Family Violence
The Advancement Project
The Center for Independent Living
The Center for Voting and Democracy
The Communications Network
Urban Habitat
Washington NARAL
Western Organization of Resource Councils
Women of Color Resource Center
Youth Vote Coalition

The Class of 2002

Adopt a Special Kid
Amherst H. Wilder Foundation
Brennan Center for Justice
CADRE (Communitty Asset Development Re-Defining Education
Center for an Accessible Society
Center for Civil Justice
Center for Ecosystem Survival
Center for New Community
Center for Third World Organizing (CTWO)
Center on Policy Initiatives
Cincinnati Empowerpent Corporation
Coaltion for a Just Cincinnati/ Environmental Community
Collective Heritage Institute
Collective Heritage Institute/Bioneers
CorpWatch
Democracy South
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund(DREDF)
Earth House
Executive Alliance
Fifth Avenue Committee
Flinthills Living Wage Coalition
Friends of the Earth/Genetically Engineered Food Alert Coalition
Global Exchange
Health Care Without Harm
Hillsides
Houston Council Member Ada Edwards Office
Idahoans for Fair Elections
Indigenous Environmental Network
Korean Youth and Community Center
Multicultural Collaborative
National Campaign for Jobs and Income Support
National Performance Network
New Urban Arts
Northern California Citizenship Project (CA)
Nothwest Coalition for Human Dignity
Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition
Oregon HEAT
Peoples Institute for Survival and Beyond (North)
Project Underground/ Indigenous Environmental Network
Rainforest Action Network
San Francisco AIDS Foundation
San Francisco League of Urban Gardeners (SLUG)
San Rafael Canal Ministry
Save our Cumberland Mountains (SOCM)
Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 2028
Shatil
St. Louis Jobs with Justice
Sweatshop Watch
The AHANA Forum
Timing Communication
Transgender Law Center
UMA Productions
Wilder Research Center
Willits Action Group
Wisconsin Citizen Action
Women's Project
Wu Yee Children's Services
Youth Media Council

The Class of 2001

Active Citizens Together Improving Our Neighborhoods (ACTION)
Applied Research Center (ARC)
Arizona Clean Elections Institute
Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN)
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now! (ACORN)
Californians for Justice
Center For Rural Affairs
Chinese Progressive Association
Citizens Coal Council
Communities for a Better Environment
Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention & Treatment
Community Voices Heard
Democracy South
EarthJustice Legal Defense Fund
East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE)
Environmental Health Coalition (EHC)
Environmental Justice Fund
Federation of Southern Cooperatives
Gill Foundation
Global Exchange
Idaho Community Action Network
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC)
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
Legal Environmental Assistance Foundation (LEAF)
Legal Services for Prisoners with Children
Liberty Hill Foundation
National Employment Law Project (NELP)
North Carolina Voters for Clean Elections
Oregon Student Association
Pathfinder International
Progressive Los Angeles Network (PLAN)
Redefining Progress
Re-Visioning New Mexico, Inc.
Rural Coalition
Sickle Cell Community Health Network of Northern CA
Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic Justice (SNEEJ)
Southwest Public Workers Union
State Office of Hispanic Affairs
Toxics Action Center
Urban Habitat Program
Utah Progressive Network (Upnet)
Wisconsin Community Fund

The Class of 2000

AGENDA/ Action for Grassroots Empowerment & Neighborhood Development Alternatives
Applied Research Center (ARC)
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now! (ACORN)
Audre Lorde Project (NY)
Center for Voting and Democracy
Center on Policy Initiatives
Civil Liberties and Public Policy Program
Communities for a Better Environment
Data Center
East Bay Agency for Children
Global Exchange
Idaho Community Action Network
Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN)
Jobs with Justice
Labor Neighbor Project (LLNP)
National Association of Working Women
National Alliance for Fair Employment
National Organizers Alliance
Northwest Federation of Community Organizations (NWFCO)
Oregon Student Association
Ramsey Action Programs, Inc.
San Francisco Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender Community Center
Sisters in Action for Power
Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic Justice (SNEEJ)
Tennessee Industrial Renewal Network (TIRN)
The Loft
United Vision for Idaho
Washington Welfare Reform Coalition

The Class of 1999

Center for Health,Environment and Justice (CHEJ)
Center for Third World Organizing (CTWO)
Communities for a Better Environment
CorpWatch
Environmental Health Coalition (EHC)
Grassroots Leadership
Idaho Women's Network
Interfaith Alliance
Just Economics
Kentuckians For the Commonwealth (KFTC) / Kentucky Coalition
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
Money in Politics Research Action Project
National Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice
National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR)
Northern Plains Resource Councils/ Western Organization of Resource Councils
Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada (PLAN)
Re-Visioning New Mexico
Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic Justice
Welfare Rights Organizing Coalition
Wisconsin Citizen Action
Youth Action