Additional Information on the Campaign for America’s Future

Additional Information on the Campaign for America’s Future

Overview


* Approximately 130 people played a role in co-founding the Campaign for America’s Future (CAF) in 1996. Among these individuals were: Mary Frances BerryJulian BondHeather BoothRobert Borosage (co-founder), John Cavanagh, Richard Cloward, Jeff CohenKen CookPeter DreierBarbara EhrenreichBetty FriedanTodd GitlinHeidi HartmannTom HaydenDenis HayesRoger Hickey (co-founder), Patricia IrelandJesse JacksonJoseph LowerySteve Max, Gerald McEntee, Harold Meyerson,Frances Fox PivenRobert ReichMark RitchieArlie SchardtSusan Shaer,Andrew SternJohn Sweeney, and Richard Trumka. To view the full list of co-founders, click here.

* In the 2004 presidential election season, CAF partnered with both the Democratic Party and a number of left-wing special-interest groups in a campaign to oppose “irresponsible tax cuts.”

* In the latter part of the 2000s, CAF endorsed “Invest in America,” an anti-tax-cut statement that called for increased public spending on infrastructure and education. This initiative was also supported by such groups as ACORN; the Alliance For Justice; the American Friends Service Committee; the Center for Community Change; the Center For Women’s Policy Studies; the Children’s Defense Fund; the Democratic Socialists of America; the Environmental Working Group; the League of United Latin American Citizens; the League of Women Voters; the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund; the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy; the National Council of La Raza; the National Lawyers Guild; the National Organization for Women; the National Women’s Law Center; the Older Women’s LeaguePeace ActionPhysicians for Social ResponsibilityPlanned ParenthoodPublic Citizen; the Service Employees International Union; the United States Student AssociationVeterans For Peace; and Women’s Action for New Directions.

 

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