the topic of this article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources the common good non profit news newspapers books scholar jstor free images february 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message the common good type non profit headquarters new york city new york united states key people patricia duff website thecommongood.net 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 in the entertainment industry as show coalition and is now headquartered in new york city . membership is by invitation only . 1 contents 1 history and show coalition 2 past speakers 3 american spirit awards 4 notes and references history and show coalition edit 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 . citation needed 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 . citation needed past speakers edit the common good brings a wide range of speakers to its members including those active in politics media business and entertainment . past speakers include president bill clinton vice presidents al gore dick cheney government officials james baker william cohen henry kissinger peter peterson general wesley clark leslie h. gelb dee dee myers robert hormats ambassadors dan gillerman munir akram felix rohatyn pierre vimont governors janet napolitano david paterson ed rendell bill richardson bill ritter kathleen sebelius brian schweitzer tom vilsack mark warner bill weld senators chris dodd bob dole chuck hagel steny hoyer john kerry bob kerrey amy klobuchar george mitchell tom udall jay rockefeller gordon smith arlen specter elected officials members of congress harold ford jr. carolyn maloney ; mayors michael bloomberg gavin newsom antonio villaraigosa ; charles hynes raymond kelly media figures and newsmakers dan abrams roger ailes jonathan alter tucker carlson joe conason mark green arianna huffington gwen ifill jesse jackson joe klein cynthia mcfadden jon meacham markos moulitsas ron brownstein bill schneider ted turner katrina vanden heuvel faye wattleton tim weiner mort zuckerman consultants and advisors doug bailey paul begala joel benenson kellyanne conway robert f. kennedy jr. gerald rafshoon ed rollins nouriel roubini doug schoen entertainment industry figures ed begley jr. chevy chase kevin costner geena davis fats domino danny glover danny goldberg roland joffe barbara kopple bette midler dennis miller sydney pollack tom selleck russell simmons jimmy smits denzel washington debra winger american spirit awards edit originating with show coalition and continuing with the common good the american spirit awards was created to honor individuals who have contributed compassionately to their communities . the american spirit awards honors filmmakers community activists writers and producers for their humane and exceptional work . notable honorees included former president jimmy carter for his extraordinary commitment to human rights and his humanitarian work through such projects as habitat for humanity international . notes and references edit the common good retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title the common good non profit & oldid 737450943 categories non profit organizations based in new york cityhidden categories articles with topics of unclear notability from february 2012all articles with topics of unclear notabilityall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from february 2012 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 2 september 2016 at 21 32 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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