Carolina's
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Issue Advocacy Groups
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Children
| NC
Child Advocacy Institute (NCCAI) |
Seeks
to improve the well-being of young North Carolinians
with emphasis is on improving ways government
and public policy affects the lives and life prospects
of all NC children and youth. Compiles up-to-date
statistics, analyzes indicators of child well-being
and conducts policy research and development. |
Public
Health
| Association
of North Carolina Boards of Health |
Leads
and supports local boards of health in fulfilling
their responsibilities outlined in North
Carolina's General statutes "to be the policy-making,
rule-making and adjudicatory for local public
health" and "to protect and promote
the public's health." Accomplishes goals
through orientation, education, networking, advocacy,
and by assisting local boards in developing and
practicing effective governance. |
Education
| Public
School Forum of NC |
A
not for profit policy think tank partnership
of business leaders, education leaders, and
government leaders in North Carolina. Conducts
research in the public policy arena and oversees
programs in communities across the state inclucing
a network of twenty elementary and middle school
programs that offer young people the hourly
equivalent of eighty additional days of school
and another network of high schools that have
introduced hands-on technology training. |
| NC
Business Committee for Education |
An
advocate and catalyst for systemic change
and continuous improvement in public education,
acts as a resource and business voice in
public education to prepare North Carolina
students for employment and to enhance North
Carolina's economic development. The nonpartisan,
nonprofit consortium of businesses from across
the state funds initiatives to address specific
education issues that have a significant
impact on the quality of education children
receive and their ability to enter the workforce
prepared.
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Community
Diversity
| North
Carolina Institute of Minority Economic Development |
A
statewide nonprofit organization representing
the interest of underdeveloped and underutilized
sectors of the state's economic base. The Institute's
working philosophy is that information and business
development are critical to wealth creation
and to building the asset base among low-wealth
sectors of the population and it's mission is
to strengthen the asset base of limited resource
populations as a means of building economically
vibrant and socially responsible communities.
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Environment
| Open
Space Institute |
A
nonprofit land conservation organization
that works to permanently protect from development
landscapes of significant environmental,
historical and agricultural value. Through
its Northern Forest Protection Fund OSI has
assisted in the protection of close to 600,000
acres in NY, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine
and recently launched its New Jersey Conservation
Loan Fund to protect threatened landscapes
in the nation’s
most densely populated state. |
| Sierra
Club - North Carolina |
The
Sierra Club's members are more than 700,000
of your friends and neighbors. Inspired by nature
the organization works together to protect communities
and the planet. The Club is America's oldest,
largest and most influential grassroots environmental
organization.
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Economy
Agriculture
| North
Carolina Agribusiness Council |
A
private, nonprofit/tax-exempt, membership
organization dedicated to strengthening U.S.
agro-industrial competitiveness through programs
which highlight international trade and development
potentials as well as broad issues which
encompass several individual agribusiness
sectors and require a "food systems" approach.
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Global
| North
Carolina World Trade Association (NCWTA) |
NCWTA
provides leadership, support, and a voice for
individuals, companies, and institutions engaged
or interested in international trade and services
and promotes growth and enhancement of trade
between North Carolina and the world.
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Emerging
Economy
| Council
for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) |
A
private, non-profit organization founded to
stimulate the creation and growth of high-impact
companies in the greater Research Triangle area.
CED provides an interactive forum for entrepreneurs,
investors, service professionals, academicians,
researchers and public policy makers who combine
their energies to create an environment in which
entrepreneurship can flourish.
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Diversity
| UNC
Program on Ethnicity, Culture and Health Outcomes
(ECHO) |
The
UNC Program on Ethnicity, Culture, and Health
Outcomes works to eliminate health status and
health outcomes disparities through translatable,
evidence-based research, multidisciplinary training
and education, and culturally sensitive service
to North Carolina communities. |
| NC
Latin American Resource Center |
The
rapidly changing social and demographic environment
of North Carolina is creating significant challenges
for the state's teachers, students, and parents.
In particular, immigration from Spanish-speaking
countries is transforming North Carolina's communities
and schools, creating a culturally and linguistically
diverse social landscape that holds both new
conflicts and new opportunities. The DIALOGO
- CONEXION, is a development program designed
to help teachers respond to these changes with
increased knowledge, appropriate resources,
energy, and creativity.
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| NC
Center for Voter Education |
A
501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to improving the
quality and responsiveness of North Carolina's
election system by examining North Carolina's
current system of campaign finance and election
laws, and promoting research and public discussion
about the electoral process to raise citizen awareness,
make the election process more inclusive, and
increase participation in elections. |
Government
Finance
| North
Carolina Budget and Tax Center (BTC) |
Provides
timely, accessible and credible analysis of
state and local budget and tax issues with a
special focus on the impact of state fiscal
policy on low and moderate income North Carolinians. |
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