Title: THE OPPOSITION Original CoS Document (slug): [[https://conventionofstates.com/opposition|opposition]] Login Required to view? No Created: 2017-12-07 14:50:14 Updated: 2019-01-04 05:33:24 Published: 2017-06-01 20:00:00 Converted: 2025-04-14T20:24:04.779686978 ---- **//In mid-April, on Good Friday, the George Soros-funded left-wing policy group Common Cause declared war on COS, announcing the formation of the largest radical left alliance in US history.//**  **//Almost every radical, liberal, progressive, Marxist group in America signed onto a coalition to oppose the use of Article V and the Convention of States as provided in our Constitution. In doing so, they accomplished something that even Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders couldn't: they unified the radical left with one voice.//** **////What you see below is taken directly from the press release issued on\\ //////Good Friday, April 14, 2017 by Common Cause://** The undersigned organizations strongly urge state legislatures to oppose efforts to pass a resolution to call for a constitutional convention. We also strongly urge state legislatures to rescind any application for an Article V constitutional convention in order to protect all Americans’ constitutional rights and privileges from being put at risk and up for grabs. //**National organizations:**// African American Health Alliance African American Ministers In Action AFSCME Retirees Alliance for Justice American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL–CIO) American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote Bend the Arc Jewish Action Brennan Center for Justice Campaign Legal Center Center for American Progress Center for Community Change Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) Center for Media and Democracy Center for Medicare Advocacy Center for Popular Democracy Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Children's Defense Fund Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) Coalition on Human Needs Common Cause Communications Workers of America (CWA) Community Advocates Public Policy Institute Daily Kos Democracy 21 Democracy For America Dream Defenders Earth Justice Eclecablog Economic Policy Institute EMILY’s List Every Voice Fair Elections Legal Network Faith in Public Life Family Values at Work Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) Franciscan Action Network Greenpeace USA International Association of Fire Fighters Jobs With Justice Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights League of Women Voters of the United States Main Street Alliance Mi Familia Vota NAACP National Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse National Association of Social Workers National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA) National Council of Jewish Women National Council of La Raza Action Fund National Disability Institute National Disability Rights Network National Education Association (NEA) National Employment Law Project (NELP) National Fair Housing Alliance  National Korean American Service & Education Consortium (NAKASEC) National Partnership for Women & Families National WIC Association National Women's Law Center People Demanding Action People For the American Way ProgressNow Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Sierra Club Sisters of Charity of Nazareth Congregational Leadership Social Security Works State Innovation Exchange The Arc of the United States The Forum for Youth Investment The Public Interest The Voting Rights Institute UNITE HERE United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Voice for Adoption VoteVets Action Fund Women’s Voices Women Vote Action Fund Working America   //**State and Local Organizations**// Alabama Fair Housing Center of Northern Alabama \\ Alaska Alaska AFL-CIO \\ Arkansas OMNI Center for Peace, Justice & Ecology \\ Arizona AFSCME 2960 AFSCME Retirees Chapter 97 Arizona Advocacy Network Phoenix Day Southwest Fair Housing Council   California California Common Cause City of Chino Housing Division Courage Campaign Fair Housing Advocates of Northern California   Colorado ACLU of Colorado America Votes Colorado Colorado AFL-CIO Colorado Common Cause Colorado Ethics Watch Colorado Fiscal Institute Colorado People’s Alliance Colorado Sierra Club Colorado WINS New Era Colorado League of Women Voters of Colorado Progress Colorado SEIU Colorado    Connecticut Common Cause Connecticut Connecticut Fair Housing Center, Inc. Planned Parenthood of Southern New England Holy Family Home and Shelter, Inc   Delaware Common Cause Delaware   Florida Common Cause Florida Faith in Florida Florida Consumer Action Network Progress Florida   Georgia Common Cause Georgia   Hawaii Common Cause Hawaii   Idaho Better Idaho Idaho AFL-CIO   Illinois Common Cause Illinois Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry Project IRENE   Indiana Common Cause Indiana Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana   Iowa   Congregation of the Humility of Mary Iowa AFL-CIO   Kansas Kansas AFL-CIO   Kentucky Common Cause Kentucky Kentucky AFL-CIO   Louisiana Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center   Maine Disability Rights Maine Maine AFL-CIO   Maryland ACE-AFSCME Local 2250 AFSCME Council 3 AFSCME Council 67 Baltimore Neighborhoods, Inc. Benedictine Sisters of Baltimore Common Cause Maryland Disability Rights Maryland Maryland Center on Economic Policy Public Justice Center The Xaverian Brothers   Massachusetts Massachusetts AFL-CIO   Michigan Common Cause Michigan Fair Housing Center of West Michigan Progress Michigan   Minnesota Common Cause Minnesota League of Women Voters of Minnesota Minnesota AFL-CIO Minnesota Citizens for Clean Elections   Mississippi Mississippi AFL-CIO   Missouri Vision for Children at Risk   Montana   Nebraska Common Cause Nebraska Nebraskans for Civic Reform   New Hampshire New Hampshire AFL-CIO   New Jersey CWA Local 1081 New Jersey Association of Mental Health and Addiction Agencies, Inc. Monarch Housing Associates   New Mexico Common Cause New Mexico League of Women Voters of New Mexico New Mexico Hospital Workers Union (1199NM)   New York CNY Fair Housing, Inc Common Cause New York Disabled in Action of Greater Syracuse Inc. Long Island Housing Services, Inc. Schenectady Inner City Ministry Solidarity Committee of the Capital District   Nevada AFSCME 4041 Culinary Union   North Carolina Common Cause North Carolina Disability Rights North Carolina Independent Living Resources (Durham, NC)   North Dakota North Dakota AFL-CIO   Ohio Cleveland Nonviolence Network Common Cause Ohio Equality Ohio Ohio Voice ProgressOhio Toledo Fair Housing Center Toledo Area Jobs with Justice   Oklahoma Oklahoma AFL-CIO    Oregon Common Cause Oregon Disability Rights Oregon   Pennsylvania Bhutanese Community Association of Pittsburgh Common Cause Pennsylvania Community at Holy Family Manor (Pittsburgh, PA) Just Harvest (Pittsburgh, PA)   Rhode Island Common Cause Rhode Island   South Carolina South Carolina AFL-CIO   South Dakota South Dakota AFL-CIO   Tennessee Nashville CARES   Texas Clean Elections Texas Common Cause Texas Harlingen Community Development Corporation   Utah Tabitha's Way   Vermont Downstreet Housing & Community Development P.S., A Partnership   Virginia The Commonwealth Institute Virginia AFL-CIO Virginia Civic Engagement Table   Washington Conscious Talk Radio Washington AFL-CIO Washington Community Action Network Fuse Washington   Wisconsin Access to Independence, Inc. (Madison, WI) AFSCME Council 32 AFSCME Retirees Chapter 32 Citizen Action of Wisconsin Common Cause Wisconsin End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin Grandparents United for Madison Public Schools Independence First League of Women Voters of Wisconsin Madison-area Urban Ministry Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council Midstate Independent Living Consultants One Wisconsin Now Options for Independent Living Inc.(Green Bay, WI) School Sisters of Saint Francis (Milwaukee, WI) Survival Coalition of Disability Organization of Wisconsin The Arc Wisconsin The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign Wisconsin AFL-CIO Wisconsin Aging Advocacy Network Wisconsin Coalition of Independent Living Centers, Wisconsin Community Action Program Association (WISCAP) Wisconsin Council on Children and Families Wisconsin Democracy Campaign Wisconsin Faith Voices for Justice Wisconsin Voices National Association of Social Workers, Wisconsin Chapter Dominicans of Sinsinawa - Leadership Council   West Virginia West Virginia Citizen Action Group   Wyoming Wyoming AFL-CIO