MI Health Care Security Campaign Coalition
Organizations and Individuals that have Endorsed and are working in support of the Campaign (in formation, is expanding)
Businesses
- American Amusements and Vending -- Bay City
- 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)
- Dayton Group of SE Michigan
- Majestic Theater -- Detroit
- Dave and Joe Zainea, Owners
- Paramore Law
- Yvonne Paramore, Esq.,MBA
- Relationship Institute -- Royal Oak
- Joe Bavonese Phd., Director
Organizations
- AARP American Association of Retired Persons
- Steve Gools, State Director
- American Association of University Women Michigan (AAUW)
- 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
- Shiawasee County Democratic Party
- The Justice Caucus
- Paul Stevenson, Administrative Co-Chair
- Thirteenth District Democrats -- Detroit
- Washtenaw County Democratic Party
- Washtenaw County Workers Coalition
Unions
- American Federation of Teachers Michigan
- Communications Workers of America Michigan
- Graduate Employees Organization, University of Michigan
- Metro-Detroit AFL-CIO
- Sandra Williams, President
- Michigan Nurses Association
- National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 3126
- Operating Enginners Local 547
- SEIU Healthcare Michigan
- Rickman Jackson, President
- SEIU Local 517M
- Phil Thompson, Executive Vice-President
Faith Based
- Board of Church & Society Detroit Annual Conference
- Catholics In Alliance for the Common Good
- Council of Baptist Pastors
- Reverand Dr. Oscar King III, President
- Gamaliel of Michigan
- Sister Cheryl Liske, Executive Director
- Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice
- Chuck Warpehoski, Executive Director
- Interfaith Health and Hope Coalition
- Islamic Shura Council of Southeast Michigan
- Michigan Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Network
- MOSES -- Metropolitan Organizing Strategy Enabling Strength
- Ponsella Hardaway, Executive Director
- Pastor David Bullock
- Greater St. Matthew Baptist Church
- Presbytery of Detroit
- Representing 89 Presbyterian congregations in Southeast Michigan
- 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
- Lansing Association for Human Rights
- Michigan ACORN
- Dave Lagstein, Head Organizer
- Michigan Citizen Action
- Linda Teeter, Executive Director
- Michigan Disability Rights Coalition
- Norm DeLisle, Executive Director
- Triangle Foundation
- Sean Kosofsky, Legislative Director and Interim Executive Director
- Upper Peninsula Children's Coalition
Health Care / Medical
- American Medical Student Association -- Michigan Chapters
- Michelle Debbink, AMSA Health Justice Director
- Michigan State University
- Community Health and Social Services Center, Inc. (CHASS)
- Ricardo Guzman, Executive Director
- Detroit Wayne County Health Authority
- Chris Allen, Executive Director
- Dr. Margaret Meyers, M.D., Mercy Health Center, Detroit
- Dr. Susan Steigerwalt, MD
- Health Care for Health Care Workers
- Tanieshia A. Bridges, Senior Health Policy Analyst
- Michigan Academy of Family Physicians
- Michigan Long Term Care Task Force
- Michigan Osteopathic Association
- Dennis Paradis, Executive Director
- Michigan Primary Care Association
- Kim Sibilsky, Executive Director
- Michigan State University Chapter of the AMA
- MichUHCAN
- Marjorie Mitchell, President
- National Association of Social Workers - Michigan Chapter
- National Physicians Alliance
- 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
- Washtenaw County Medical Society
- Jim Mitchiner, MD - President
- Wayne State University Chapter of the AMA
Elected Officials
- City Commissioner Ryan Hersha
- Commissioner Bernard Parker
- Commissioner David Woodward
- Commissioner Jewel Ware, Chair
- Commissioner Jon Switalski
- Commissioner Paul Gieleghem
- Commissioner Sarah Roberts
- Governor Jennifer Granholm
- Honorable Paul E. Massaron
- Wayne State Board of Governors
- President Kenneth Cockrel, Jr.
- State Representative Alma Wheeler Smith
- State Representative Betty Cook-Scott
- State Representative Coleman Young, II
- State Representative Fred Miller
- State Representative John Espinoza
- State Representative Marie Donigan
- State Reprsenative Aldo Vagnozzi
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
- Richa, Green Party Activist for the Homeless, Grand Rapids
- Sandy Oliver -- Royal Oak