Organizations

Houston Chronicle

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Houston GLBT Political Caucus

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Houstonians for Great Public Schools

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Students Need Libraries

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Texas Democratic Party

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Harris County AFL-CIO

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Harris County Tejano Democrats

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Harris County Young Democrats

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Houston Federation of Teachers

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Houston Asian American 80-20 PAC

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Houston Stonewall Young Democrats

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CWA

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Community Voices for Public Education

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Texas Organizing Project

Jackie Anderson,

President, Houston Federation of Teachers

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Dr. Richard Tapia,

Professor, Rice University and 

Director of the Tapia Center for Equity & Excellence

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Mr. Steve Amstutz,

Director of Institute for Research & Reform in Education

and former Lee High School Principal 

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Dr. Laurie Ballering,

Senior Director of Program Design and Evaluation

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Dr. Maria Benzon,

former University of Houston Professor

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Dr. Samuel Brower,

Clinical Assistant Professor & Director of CUIN M.Ed. Program,

University of Houston

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Dr. Gayle Curtis,

University of Houston, former principal

Arun Gir,

Executive Director-IEducate, Illuminating Young Minds

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Dr. Roopa Gir,

President-IEducate, Illuminating Young Minds

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Dr. Patricia Holland,

Professor Emerita of Education -University of Houston

Dr. Fran Huckaby, Director of TCU Center for Public Education and HISD graduate

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Dr. Ann McCoy,

Director of Research, MHMRA

Dr. Linda McNeil,

Professor of Education, Rice University

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Dr. Steven Pei,

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering- University of Houston Executive Director, Southwest Public Safety Technology Center

Dr. Billy Reagan,

former HISD Superintendent- 12 years

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Dr. Donna Reid,

Author, Dilemmas in Educational Leadership ; Teacher, The Kinkaid School; Parent, Houston ISD

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Dr. Augustina Reyes,

Professor, University of Houston

Mr. Chuck Robinson,

president- Congress of Houston Teachers

Dr. Jackie Sack

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Dr. Christal Seahorn,

Assistant Professor of Writing and Digital Rhetoric, University of Houston Clear Lake

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Dr. Perri Segura,

Associate Professor, University of Houston

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Dr. Anita Wadhwa,

Founder of Justice Collaborative of Houston

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Dr. Cameron White,

Professor & Coordinator - Social Education, Critical Humanities, International Education, University of Houston

Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia,

29th Congressional District

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Hon. John Whitmire,

Texas State Senator - Senate District 15

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Hon. Gene Wu,

Texas State Representative - District 137 

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Hon. Penny Morales-Shaw,

Texas State Representative - District 148

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Hon. Rodney Ellis,

Harris County Commissioner- Precinct 1

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Hon. Adrian Garcia,

Harris County Commissioner- Precinct 2

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Hon. Abbie Kamin,

City Council Member - District C

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Hon. Carolyn Evans-Shabazz,

City Council Member - District D

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Hon. Ed Gonzalez,

Harris County Sheriff

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Hon. Dylan Osborne,

Harris County Treasurer

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Hon. Chris Hollins,

former Harris County Clerk

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Hon. Lillie Schechter,

former Harris County Democratic Party Chair

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Hon. Zeph Capo,

former HCC Trustee-District 1 and President of Texas Federation of Teachers

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Elected Officials 

Hon. Monica Flores Richart,

Houston Community College Trustee, District 1

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Hon. Andrea Duhon, 

Harris County Board of Education Trustee, Position 4, Pct 3

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Hon. Danayel (Danny) Norris,  

Harris County Board of Education Trustee, Position 6, Pct 1

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Hon. Paula Arnold,

former HISD School Board President

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Hon. Juliet Stipeche,

former Director of Education,

City of Houston and former HISD School Board Trustee-District VIII

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Hon. Gilberto Hinojosa,

Texas Democratic Party Chair

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Hon. Jessica Farrar,

former Texas State Representative - District 148

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Hon. Ellen Cohen,

former City Council Member - District C

Hon. Mike Laster,

former City Council Member - District J

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Hon. Gordan Quan,

former Houston City Council Member- At Large Position 2

Hon. Sue Lovell,

former Houston City Council Member

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Hon. Erica S. Lee,

former Harris County Board of Education Trustee, Pos. 6, Pct. 1

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Hon. Jim Henley,

former Harris County Board of Education Trustee

Stephanie Ace

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Larry Allen 

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Anne & German Amador

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Rafael Ayala

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Kris Banks

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Debora Banner

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Lindsey Bartlett

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Joe Bartolotta

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Jorge Batrez

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Tom Behrman,

former president, R.E. Lee High School Alumni

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Antoy Bell,

Houston Lawyers' Association-Past President

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Gerry Birnberg,

Founding Partner Williams, Birnberg and Anderson

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Hon. Kathy Blueford- Daniels

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Maria Elena Bottazzi

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Richard Braastad

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Carla Brailey

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Gram Brinson

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Sahra Bukhavi

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Diana Candida

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Saul Cantu

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Dakota Carter

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Ivan Castillo

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Sarah Castillo

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Paul Castro

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Debbie Chen,

Immigration Attorney

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Grace Cheng

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Gregory Chernis

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Zoe Chernis

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Bob Choate,

PCT 902 Republican Chair

Eva Chu

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Rachel Clarke

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Kyle Cohart

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Emily Cole,

retired principal, HISD

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John Corson

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Sherri Cothrun,

PCT 200 Chair

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Christine Cullen

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Mohammed Damani

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Neelam Damani

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Rozina Damani

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Joe and Kadisha Davidson

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Colin Dempsey

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Claudia de Leon

Nair del Vecchio

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Kelly Dent

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Lisa Descant

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Andrew Dewey

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Lucie Dunwoody,

Board of Directors-The Jung Center

Rachel Dvoretzky

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Ann and Jim Eagleton

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D'Andrea Edwards

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Ebru Erdini

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Gayle Fallon,

former President of Houston Federation of Teachers

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Frances "Sissy" Farenthold

Joe Fax

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Diana Featherston

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Maria Fernandez

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David Feldwisch

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Abbey Fogelson

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Cecil Fong

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Ramiro Fonseca

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Erin Fuchs

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William Galbraith

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Takisha Gastille

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Paloma Garner and Michael Cannon

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Gary and Susan Gartner

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Other Individuals

Tom Gederberg

Harry Gee,

Principal, Law Office of Harry Gee, Jr. & Associates 

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Aliza Geretz,

 SD 17 Chair and PCT 139 Chair

Aman Gheewalla

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Lance Gilliam

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Beverly & Ed Gor,

National President Chinese American Citizens Alliance

Andrea Greer 

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Susan Haines, PCT 127 Chair

Debbie Hall

Dorcas Hand

Shelby Hansen

Irum Haq

Sydney Hayden

Lauren Zeleski Heath

Ricardo Hernandez

Julie Horie

Alia Vinson & Robert Icsezen,

founder-Icsezen PLLC

Omer and Mahenou Ilahi

Rabia Ilahi

Janet Izaguirre

Greg Jeu

Carolina Jiménez-Marcos

Mark Johnson & Jenny Staff Johnson

Beverly Jurenko & Wayne Gardner

Lee Kaplan & Diana Hudson

Eric Jones

Lida Keene

Wendy & Mavis Kelsey

Hany Khalil

Geoff Knight

Inna Kozinsky

Ruth Kravetz

Denise Kuntz

Sarah LaBell-Bentley 

David Landry

Alice Lee

C. C. Lee

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Jason Lee,

National Political Representative, AFSCME

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Heidi Leventhal 

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Lane Lewis

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Nancy J. Li

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Victor Li

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Dawn Lin

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Jean Lin

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Frank M. K. Liu,

President of Lovett Homes and InTownHomes,

Liu Family Foundation

Stephanie Logterman

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Marla Lopez

Kerry Lynch

Suzanne Lyons,

Library Director- Ft Bend ISD

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Jimmy Ma

Jean May,

Arts philanthropist and

Board of Directors and volunteer,

Houston Ballet

Naomi Macias

Gary Nakamura

Louis Malfaro

Alexandra & James Marshall

Douglas Martin

Biliulfo Martinez

Carlos Martinez

Joaquin Martinez

Julian Martinez

Alice McCarthy

Tim McCloskey

Mel McQueary

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Amanda McDonald

Patricia McDonald

Kathy McDougal

Larry MacKinzie

Louisa B. Meacham

Stacey Medillin

Luis Medina 

Carolyn Mighell

Karen Miller

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Bonnie Milliet

Heather Milliet

Gabriela Mindiola

Linda & Louie Montoya

Frank and Cathy Montgomery

Sara Morgan,

Founding President- Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

Diane Morrow

Ellie Morse 

Mary Morrison,

PCT 435 Chair

Michael Morrow

Rufi Natarajan,

PCT 710 Chair

Allison Newport

Frances "Poppy" Northcutt

Carmen Nuncio

Michael Obringer

Tom O'Connell 

Sharon Ogren

Broderick Osburne

Hoang Quan Vu,

Chair-Board of Trustees, Asian American Bar Foundation, Former Chair, Houston Asian American Bar Assoc, Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, former Harvard Club President

Frank Pacheco

Juanita Page-Gish

Ann Petrillo,

former president and director, Association Of Texas Professional Educators Region 4

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Ryan Penner

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Traci & Chris Riley

Richard Robbins

Jackie Rodriguez

Steve Rosencranz,

founder of the Woods Project

Donna Ross

Mary Ann Ross Ryerson

Janice Rubin

Lina Sabouni,

AUTOARCH Architects, LLC

Vincent Sanders,

Precinct 525 Chair

Hon. Elizabeth Santos

Jackie Santos

Shilpa Sarang

Lauren Schultz

Christal Seahorn

Brenda Serpas

Richard Shaw 

Lauren Singer

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Michael Skelly,

Founder and President of Clean Line Energy

Louis Sklar,

former executive vice president of development and operations of Hines, board board of Herman Park Conservancy, Real Estate Committee of the Menil Foundation, and the University of Houston C.T. Bauer College of Business

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Sister Mama Sonya

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Hon. Holly Villaseca

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Anne Whitlock

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Shannon Wight

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Suzannah Wong

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Philip Woods

Paul Yin

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Walter Zama

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Keying Zhang