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GAINING GROUP ENDORSEMENTS

One way to promote the campaign is to gain endorsements from professional activist groups (e.g., Psychologists for Social Responsibility), academic discipline groups (e.g. Division 9 of the American Psychological Association), political activist groups (e.g. United for a Fair Economy), and campus groups (e.g. the faculty-staff union of the Massachusetts Community College system). We gained such endorsements in the previous campaign, which helped establish the Social Choice Account.

Here are a few suggestions and other ideas relevant to gaining endorsements and associated support.

· Send groups the basic description of the campaign linked from the first
page of the website:The Call to Action linked to on the opening web page gives that basic description.
· Ask endorsing groups to send their endorsing letter to us, and to
Herbert Allison, CEO, and the TIAA-CREF trustees, 730 Third Ave., New York, NY 10017-3206.
· Ask groups to publicize their endorsement via whatever outlets
possible, for instance in their newsletter. Letters from individuals with or without TIAA-CREF accounts are welcome.
· Ask groups to request that their members contact TIAA-CREF
individually. (See the basic description of the campaign.) Thanks for your help and keep us informed. If you need further information about the campaign, please contact us.

Organizations:

As-You-Sow Foundation
Association for Enterprise Development
Center for Campus Organizing
Canadian Committee to Combat Crimes Against Humanity
Citizens Coalition (Mexico)
Housing America
Institute for Race and Poverty
Institute for Social Responsibility
National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials
National Community Capital Association
National Women's Studies Association
Peace and Justice Studies Association
Peace Studies Institute, Manchester College
Psychologists for Social Responsibility
Radical Philosophers Association
RadPsyNet
The Stakeholders Alliance
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
Society for the Study of Social Problems
Student Alliance to Reform Corporations (STARC)
Sustainable Business Network
Teachers for a Democratic Culture
UALE (United Association for Labor Education)
URPE (Union of Radical Political Economists)
United for a Fair Economy
Women's Division of the American Psychological Association

Individuals*

George Albee, University of Vermont, emeritus
Benjamin Barber, Rutgers University
Elise Boulding, Dartmouth College, emerita
Noam Chomsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sandi Cooper, City University of New York
Morton Deutsch, Teachers College-Columbia University
Joe Feagin, University of Florida
Eugene Feingold, University of Michigan, emeritus/deceased
William Gamson, Boston College
Ursula Goodenough, Washington University
Michael Parenti
Howard Zinn, Boston University, emeritus

*Affiliations are for purposes of identification only.