National Advocacy Organizations

• Join Together Online, the essential resource center for taking action against substance abuse and gun violence. Join Together Online is a project of the Boston University School of Public Health, funded by grants from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Joyce Foundation, and the David Bohnett Foundation.

• National Network for Immunization Information The mission of the National Network for Immunization Information (NNii) is to provide the public, health professionals, policy makers, and the media with up-to-date, scientifically valid information related to immunization to help them understand the issues and to make informed decisions.

• American Heart Association The American Heart Association is a not-for-profit, voluntary health organization funded by private contributions. Its mission is to reduce disability and death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke. These include heart attack, stroke (brain attack) and related disorders.

• American Cancer Society The American Cancer Society is the nationwide community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and service.
  • Join the Great American Smokeout, November 15, 2001 sponsored by the American Cancer Society.

• American Lung Association Founded in 1904 to fight tuberculosis, ALA today fights lung disease in all its forms, with special emphasis on asthma, tobacco control and environmental health. ALA's advocacy programs seek to influence the development and enforcement of laws and regulations related to lung health at the national, state and local levels, providing authoritative information to policymakers.

• American Diabetes Association The mission of the organization is to prevent and cure diabetes, and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes. To fulfill this mission, the American Diabetes Association funds research, publishes scientific findings, provides information and other services to people with diabetes, their families, health care professionals and the public and advocates for scientific research and for the rights of people with diabetes.

• American Arthritis Foundation The mission of the Arthritis Foundation is to support research to find the cure for and prevention of arthritis and to improve the quality of life for those affected by arthritis. The Arthritis Foundation currently provides more than $20 million in grants to more than 300 researchers to help find a cure, prevention or better treatment for arthritis.

• Lupus Foundation of America The mission of the Lupus Foundation of America is to educate and support those affected by lupus and find the cure. The "Living With Lupus" website strives to contribute to the accomplishment of this mission by providing those within the Internet community affected by lupus a source of up-to-date information and support.