The Common Good (Non-Profit)
 |
|
| Non-Profit | |
| Founded | 1987 in Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Headquarters | New York City, New York, United States |
|
Key people
|
Patricia Duff |
| Website | thecommongood |
The Common Good is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, non-partisan information and public advocacy organization of the media, business, arts and entertainment communities. It was originally established in 1987 in Los Angeles as Show Coalition and is now headquartered in New York City. Membership is by invitation only.
The Common Good’s roots are based in the organization, Show Coalition, which was founded in 1987 by Patricia Duff and supported by members of the entertainment industry and political activists such as music executive Danny Goldberg, director Sidney Pollack, writer/producer Norman Lear, and activist Betsy Kenny. At that time it was a Los Angeles-based membership organization focused on bringing prominent members of the entertainment industry together with leading political figures from across the country. As such, it became an important part of the Washington-Hollywood political nexus in the 1980s and 1990s and one of the original entertainment industry organizations to organize and educate members of the entertainment industry on politics and national issues.
Celebrity entertainment participants in various endeavors included: Denzel Washington, Kevin Costner, Bette Midler, Tyne Daly, Geena Davis, Danny Glover, Dennis Miller, Cheech Marin, Edward James Olmos, Tom Selleck, Jimmy Smits, Patrick Swayze, Alfre Woodard, Lou Gossett, Ed Begley, and Donna Mills. Many producers, writers, agents and executives in the film, music, and television industries have also been counted among its members or have participated in its events including film directors such as Sidney Pollack and Roland Joffe, Barbara Kopple, TV executive Ted Harbert. After a hiatus, Duff re-ignited Show Coalition under its new name, The Common Good, where she currently serves as Chairman.
...
Wikipedia