The Living Wage Howard County Coalition:
Howard Progressive Project (HPP)
HPP is a grassroots funded, diverse group of Howard County residents working to bring progressive change to the county. HPP engages in outreach, advocacy, and political activism that supports progressive policies that will lift up all our communities.
Website: howardprogressiveproject.org
Facebook: Howard Progressive Project
Twitter: twitter.com/HowardProgress
African American Coalition of Howard County (AACHC)
The AACHC was founded over 20 years ago focusing on economic, social and healthcare issues affecting minority communities with special emphasis on research and policy advancement. The AACHC is considered a leading advocate of affordable housing, with leadership team members having served on the General Growth Housing Planning Committee. Additionally, we support the development of African American owned businesses for the region.
Website: https://www.afamcoalition.org/
Facebook: African American Coalition of Howard County – MD
Twitter: twitter.com/AfAmCoalition
Howard County Education Association (HCEA)
HCEA is the professional association and also the exclusive representative in collective bargaining for all teachers and most education support professionals in Howard County. HCEA’s 6,000 members are Howard County Public School System’s teachers, counselors, psychologists, pupil personnel workers, interpreters, therapists (speech, occupational, physical and school mental health therapists), school social workers, secretaries, clerks, registrars, assistants (instructional, media, special education, health, food service, security and student assistants), and central office technical, management and technical employees at the HCPSS Central Office. The vision of HCEA is to foster an environment within HCPSS that ensures all employees, students, families and community members are valued and vested stakeholders both within and beyond the classroom.
Website: https://hceanea.org/
Facebook: HCEA Howard County Education Association
Ellicott City & Western Howard Democratic Club
The goal of the Ellicott City & Western Howard Democratic Club (EC&WHCDC) is to proactively promote and support the policies and principles of the Democratic Party. The Club meets monthly to discuss the issues facing our community and the solutions proposed at the federal, state, and local levels. The Club and its members believe in the power of government to be a force for good, to ensure equal rights and opportunities.
Website: https://ellicottcitydemocrats.com/
Facebook: Ellicott City & Western Howard Democratic Club
Columbia Democratic Club
The Columbia Democratic Club is the oldest and most active Democratic organization in Howard County, MD. It is comprised of concerned citizens committed to the election of Democratic candidates to office and the advancement of progressive ideas through membership, outreach, and town-hall style meetings with elected officials and policymakers.
Website: Columbia Democratic Club
Facebook: Columbia Democratic Club
Twitter: twitter.com/columbiademclub
Howard County Young Democrats
The Howard County Young Democrats are inspired and engaged Democrats between the ages of 14-35 who live, work, or go to school in Howard County. Their democratic beliefs motivate them to support their party, their community, and fight for issues they care about. It’s not enough to say they care. They feel the moral imperative to act now for our future.
Website: https://hocomdyoungdems.com/
Facebook: Howard County MD Young Democrats
Twitter: twitter.com/HowardCoYD
1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, Maryland/DC
The 1199SEIU Maryland/DC Division represents over 10,000 members who work in major academic medical centers and other hospitals and dozens of long-term care facilities in Maryland and Washington, DC. 1199SEIU is a leader on social justice issues in the region, moving successful campaigns to raise the minimum wage, create marriage equality, and expand rights for our newest Americans. Formed in 2005 out of the merger of the former SEIU locals 1199E-DC and 1998 with 1199SEIU, the MD/DC division is a political powerhouse, mobilizing members to support and win electoral and issue campaigns. 1199SEIU workers led a historic strike at Baltimore’s world-renowned Johns Hopkins Hospital in 2014 that set a new benchmark for labor agreements in the healthcare industry.
Website: https://www.1199seiu.org/maryland_dc
Facebook: 1199 SEIU Maryland/DC
Twitter: twitter.com/1199SEIU_MDDC
Maryland Center on Economic Policy (MDCEP)
The Maryland Center on Economic Policy advances innovative policy ideas to foster broad prosperity and help our state be the standard-bearer for responsible public policy. We engage in research, analysis, strategic communications, public education, and grassroots alliances promoting robust debate and greater public awareness of the policy choices Maryland residents face together. MDCEP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization committed to ideas that work for everyone and a public climate where they can prevail.
Website: https://www.mdeconomy.org/
Facebook: Maryland Center on Economic Policy
Twitter: twitter.com/mdeconomy
Kappa Phi Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
The Kappa Phi Lambda alumni chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., was chartered in Columbia, Maryland in 1975. In addition to supporting Alpha Phi Alpha national programs, KPL is involved in many local civic and educational activities in Howard County, including fostering and promoting financial scholarship programs for high school seniors, contributing over $170,000 in scholarships to deserving students, and giving recognition awards to outstanding underclassmen in high school. Kappa Phi Lambda develops leaders, promotes brotherhood and academic excellence, while providing service and advocacy for our communities.
Website: https://www.apakpl.org/
Facebook: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. – Howard County, MD
Twitter: twitter.com/KPLAPhiA
Kappa Phi Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
The Luminus Network for New Americans grew out of an informal support service for foreign-born students at Howard Community College (HCC) in 1981. Originating as the Foreign-born Information and Referral Network (FIRN), our founder, Pat Hatch, imagined a place where immigrants and refugees could ask questions and get support without feeling uneasy. Pat shared her idea with the Columbia Foundation and with HCC’s teachers of English as a Second Language, whose students were continually posing questions that had little to do with English, but much to do with their survival in a new culture. Pat and HCC joined forces. With initial seed money from the Columbia Foundation, FIRN opened its doors in October 1981, staffed only by Pat. In its first year, the project served 90 persons from 10 countries. In 1984, FIRN was incorporated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Slowly its services expanded to include immigration counseling, interpreting, and other critical social services. Renamed the Luminus Network for New Americans in 2021, Luminus serves immigrants from more than 90 countries and is well known as the key resource in Central Maryland for New Americans while sharing their contributions with the greater public. Luminus understands that all people deserve belonging, share something unique as individuals who make a home in our community, and alongside our volunteer Luminators, can imagine and shape a better future. We live with those universal truths in providing direct service and celebrating and sharing the stories that make us stronger and illuminate our communities.
Website: beluminus.org
Facebook: Luminus
Twitter: twitter.com/beluminus
Business for a Fair Minimum Wage
Business for a Fair Minimum Wage is a national network of business owners and executives and business organizations that believe a fair minimum wage makes good business sense.
Website: https://www.businessforafairminimumwage.org/
Twitter: twitter.com/MinimumWageBiz
Unite Here Local 7
UNITE HERE Local 7 represents hotel, gaming and food service workers throughout Maryland. Our union fights for good jobs for all hospitality workers.
Website: https://www.uniteherelocal7.org/
Facebook: UniteHereLocal7
Howard County For All
Howard County For All’s goal is to expand housing opportunity in Howard County through education, advocacy, and capacity building. Howard County For All believes: Howard County should be open to all, a place where people from all walks of life are welcomed to fully participate in our community; Howard County is strengthened through inclusivity and dedication to social and economic diversity; and Howard County must create and maintain a variety of housing options alongside a commitment to long-term affordability to realize these values.
Website: https://www.hocoforall.com/
Facebook: Howard County For All