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The Connect U.S. Fund wishes to thank the following individuals who participated in the development of the statement.  The statement was developed through in-person community consultations, a series of blog postings on the Connect U.S. Fund website, and an NGO community survey.  Appearance on this list does not imply endorsement of the statement; organizations for identification purposes only.

Susan Aaronson, George Washington University
Meenakshi Abbi, Tides Center
Edward A. Aguilar, LAW Project for Nuclear Awareness
Cathy Albisa, National Economic and Social Rights Initiative
Henry Arayasirikul, Sierra Club
Catherine Arrowood, The Center for Victims of Torture
Bama Athreya, International Labor Rights Forum
J. Brian Atwood, University of Minnesota
JoAnn Aviel, San Francisco State University
Hattie Babbitt, World Resources Institute
Ken Bacon, Refugees International
Pauline Baker, The Fund for Peace
Jamie Baker, New Rules for Global Finance
Thomas Bandzul, Veterans for Common Sense
Donna Baranski-Walker, The Rebuilding Alliance
Tracey Begley, Survivor Corps
Ruth Bender, Tides Foundation
Caroline Bernadi, Village Enterprise Fund
Jarrett Blanc, Open Society Institute
Ariela Blatter, Amnesty International USA
Kelly Blynn, 350.org
May Boeve, 350.org
Morrison Bonpasse, Single Global Currency Association
Megan Bowman, Initiative for Global Development
John Bradshaw, Physicians for Human Rights
Reuben Brigety, Center for American Progress
John Briscoe, Common Cause
Matt Brown, Global Zero
Charles Brown, Undiplomatic
Molly Burgdorf, Center for National Security Studies
Sarah Burns, Just Foreign Policy
Rebecca Busse, Sierra Club
Jacqueline Cabasso, Western States Legal Foundation
Zarrin Caldwell, Global Dreams Consulting
Deb Carey, WAND
Laura Carlsen, Center for international Policy
Glenn Carroll, Nuclear Watch South
Paul Carroll, Ploughshares Fund
Helena Cobban, Friends Committee on National Legislation
Lauren Coletta, Common Cause
Tom Collina, 2020 Vision
Karin Collins, Amnesty International
Brian Concanno,n Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti
Elizabeth Condon, Center for Victims of Torture
Judy Coode, Maryknoll Office for Global concerns
Lonnie Coplen, Tree of Life Professiona;l Development, Inc.
Libby Creagh, Veterans for Common Sense
Chic Dambach, Alliance for Peacebuilding
Bruce DeMartini, Tides
Anisha Desai, Women of Color Resource Center
Edison Dick, United Nations Association
Patrick Doherty, New America Foundation
Will Driscoll, Friends of the Earth
Peter Dross, The Center for Victims of Torture
Robert Dubinsky, International Housing Coalition
Jimmy Durchslag, Mainstream Media Project
Clarence Daryl Edwards, Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases Sabin Institute
Zohreh Elahian, Global Catalyst Foundation
Evan Elliott, InterAction
Peter Ferenbach, ReThink Media
Todd Fine, Center for Defense Information
Leslie Forman, Wokai
Marilyn Fowler, Women's Intercultural Network (WIN)
Hilary French, Worldwatch Institute
Caely French, Redefining Progress
Vicente Garcia, Americans for Informed Democracy
John Gershman, Robert F Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
Leigh Anne Gilbert, Smith Richardson Foundation
Melissa Golladay, Partners of the Americas
Farnaz Golshani, Tides Center
Maureen Greenwood-Basken, Amnesty International US
Jo Marie Griesgraber, New Rules for Global Finance Coalition
Rebecca Griffin, Peace Action West
David Halperin, Campus Progress
Heather Hanson, Mercy Corps
Mark Harrison, United Methodist General Board of Church and Society
Haleh Hatami, Ploughshares Fund
Liz Havstad, Hip Hop Caucus
Andy Heaslet, Peace Economy Project
Alice Henkin, The Aspen Institute
Jamie Henn, 350.org
Theresa Hitchens, Center for Defense Information
Sarah Holewinski, CIVIC - Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict
James Howell, Mental Disability Rights International
James Hug, Center of Concern
Paul Joffe, National Wildlife Federation
Jofi Joseph, Office of Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr.
Marylia Kelley, Tri-Valley CAREs
Angela Kelly, Mass Peace Action
Lorelei Kelly, The White House Project
Sharon Kelly, Human Rights First
Sybil Kessler, Sanchez B'nai B'rith International
Richard Killmer, National Religious Campaign Against Torture
Peter Kimm, International Housing Coalition
Sheila Kinsey, Wheaton Franciscans
Judith Kipper, Institute of World Affairs
Martina Knee, San Francisco Bay Area Darfur Coalition
Charles Knight, Project on Defense Alternatives
Gawain Kripke, Oxfam America
Brenna Kupferman, ActionAid USA
Diana Kutlow, Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, USD
Sarah Ladisaw, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Asma Lateef, Bread for the World
Elizabeth Latham, U.S. Committee for the UN Development Program
Erik Leaver, Institute for Policy Studies
Gerald LeMelle, Africa Action
Jeffrey Lewis, New America Foundation
John Lindsay-Poland, Fellowship of Reconciliation Latin America Program
Lora Lumpe, Friends Committee on National Legislation
Elisa Lurkis, Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation
Lawrence MacDonald, Center for Global Development
Ashley March, Cato Institute
Evan Markiewicz, ViviendasLeon
Matt Martin, The Stanley Foundation
Paul Kawika, Martin Peace Action and the Peace Action Education Fund
Kate Martin, Center for National Security Studies
Cindy Mathew, Amnesty International USA
Meghan McDermot,t Global Action Project
Lauren McGrath, Center for Victims of Torture
Kathy McNeely, Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns
Johanna Mendelson Forman, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Robin Mills, Mountain Party
Becky Monroe, The Constitution Project
David H. Mortimer, The American Assembly
Karen Mulhauser, Mulhauser and Associates
Bill Nash, Council on Foreign Relations
Janne Nolan, University of Pittsburgh
Evan O'Neil, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs
Bill Pace, WFM-IGP and Coalition for the ICC
Trita Parsi, National Iranian-American Council
Carlos Pascual, The Brookings Institution
Alexander Patico, Orthodox [Christian] Peace Fellowship
John Pendergrass, Environmental Law Institue
Ana Perez, CARECEN SF/NALACC
Darryl Perkins, Hip Hop Caucus
Thomas Pickering, Hills & Co
Alice Poole, German Marshall Fund of the United States
Drew Portocarrero, World Security Institute
Christopher Preble, Cato Institute
Anika Rahman, Americans for UNFPA
Jon Rainwater, Peace Action West
Colin Rajah, National Network for Immigrant & Refugee Rights (NNIRR)
Vicky Rateau, Oxfam America
Kristi Rendahl, Rendahl Consulting
Andrew Rice, United Nations Association of the National Capital Area
Christie Roberts, World Affairs Councils of America
Deni Robey, Americans for UNFPA
Carl Robichaud, Carnegie Corporation of New York
Matthew Rojansky, Partnership for a Secure America
Peter Roman, Stimson Center
Laura Roskos, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, U.S. Section
Christine Rovner, Student Pugwash USA
Sybil Sanchez, B'nai B'rith International
David Sandalow, Brookings Institution
Nicole Sawran, Better World Campaign
Teresita Schaffer, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Bill Scheurer, Beyond War
Lisa Schirch, 3D Security Initiative
Liz Schrayer,  Center for US Global Engagement
Cherie Settle, UNA-NCA
Doug Shaw, Physicians for Social Responsibility
Jolynn Shoemaker, Women In International Security
David Shorr, Stanley Foundation
Ira Shorr, Physicians for Social Responsibility
Sara Skinner, SHARE Foundation
Virginia Sloan, The Constitution Project
Daniel Smith, Friends Committee on National Legislation
Caroline Smith DeWaal, Center for Science in the Public Interest
Taylor Snyder, Institute for International Education WCC
Alexandra Spieldoch, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Sarah Jane Staats, Center for Global Development
Christina Stansell, Institute of International Education
Rosemary Stasek, A Little Help
Benjamin Stewart, Engineers for a Sustainable World
Paul Sullivan, Veterans for Common Sense
Michael Swigert, Africa Action
Ruth Tamura, Seva Foundation
Meredy Throop, RESULTS Educational Fund
Lindsay Toczylowski, Asylum Access
Jessy Tolkan, Energy Action Coalition
Leonor Tomero, Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
Beth Tuckey, Africa Faith and Justice Network
David Turnbull, U.S. Climate Action Network
Susan VanKuiken, SF 4 Democracy, Single Payer Now
Jon Warnow, 350.org
John Washburn, American NGO Coalition for the International Criminal Court
David Waskow, Oxfam America
Neil Watkins, Jubilee USA Network
Martin Watkinson, Relief International
Brian Webster, Brian Webster and Associates
Janet Weil, CODEPINK
Thomas G. Weiss, Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, The CUNY Graduate Center
Marceline White, Americans for Informed Democracy
Jonathan White, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Tyler Wigg-Stevenson, Biblical Security Covenant
Kip Williams, DemocracyInAction.org
Donna Wood Park, Presidio United Methodist Church
James Workman, Confluence
Michele Wucker, World Policy Institute
Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr., Hip Hop Caucus
Stephen Young, Union of Concerned Scientists