The Rev. Suzan Johnson Cook is a distinguished fellow at the Freedom Forum Institute’s Religious Freedom Center. She served as U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom from 2011 to 2013. Cook is an ordained Baptist pastor.

Chris Collins is vice president for public policy at the Global Health Council, which has headquarters in White River Junction, N.H., and Washington, D.C. The alliance of health care professionals, organizations, academic institutions, foundations and other entities works for “improvement and equity in global health.”

Ambassador Mark R. Dybul, a physician, serves as the United States’ global AIDS coordinator and carries out the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (known as PEPFAR).

The U.S. Agency for International Development is an independent federal government agency whose mission includes improving the health of citizens in foreign countries while advancing U.S. foreign policy goals. That includes family planning and HIV/AIDS. It frequently works with religious leaders in other countries.

Marilyn J. Keefe is deputy assistant secretary for population affairs in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and directs the Office of Population Affairs in Rockville, Md.

The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies is a national, nonprofit think tank that conducts research on public policy issues concerning African-Americans and offers training and technical assistance to newly elected black officials.

The GI Rights Hotline is a group of nearly 20 non-governmental, non-profit organizations located in 11 states and in Germany that provides free, confidential and accurate information on US military regulations and practices to service members, veterans, potential recruits and their families.

The Center on Conscience & War is a faith-based organization that advocates for the rights of conscience, opposes military conscription and serves all conscientious objectors to war. Maria Santelli is the executive director.

Helen Osman is secretary of communications for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and can discuss the conference’s guidelines on use of social networks among Catholics. Contact [email protected].