Petition Coalition Roundup - March 24, 2014

Join the "Petition Coalition" by following these links and signing those that you agree with!

Voice your support of Senator Elizabeth Warren's plans to help ease the burden of student loan debt on college students (and graduates): http://www.credomobilize.com/petitions/let-s-end-the-student-debt-crisis

Burlington Coat Factory contributes to the death of millions of animals every year by continuing to sell fur items. Ask them to make their inventory cruelty-free: https://www.change.org/petitions/burlington-coat-factory-go-fur-free-to-help-animals

New York State has some of its Common Retirement Fund invested in fossil fuels. Ask them to halt the practice, and divest from any fossil fuel-related funds within the next five years: http://www.credomobilize.com/petitions/let-s-divest-new-york-state-from-fossil-fuels

There is an outbreak of Bubonic Plague in Madagascar right now. Ask the World Health Organization to step in and ensure that the potential epidemic doesn't spread: http://act.watchdog.net/petitions/4115

Mattel makes a bald “Ella” Barbie doll for kids going through chemotherapy, but they only make a handful of them. Ask them to ramp up production so that every kid with cancer can have access to one: https://www.change.org/petitions/mattel-please-make-enough-ella-chemotherapy-barbies-for-all-kids-with-cancer

There are only 75 (or less) albino deer in Wisconsin. Ask the state to exclude them from the normal deer hunting season: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/124/514/356/natural-resources-board-member-proposes-white-deer-kill-statewide-vote-april-14-alert-wisconsin-res

Florida's state attorney Angela Corey has failed to convict some high profile criminals, but she now wants to send domestic abuse survivor Marisa Alexander to prison for the rest of her life to trying to defend herself and her children. Ask Governor Rick Scott to remove Corey from office: http://act.colorofchange.org/sign/StopCorey/

New Jersey governor Chris Christie has unilaterally banned electric car company Tesla from selling their cars in his state. Stand up against his anti-environmental, anti-business bullying: http://act.credoaction.com/sign/nj-tesla-ban

The Employent Non-Discrimination Act has repeatedly been blocked by the GOP, but President Obama has the power to issue an executive order banning discrimination based on sexuality or gender identity among federal contractors. Ask him to do so: http://www.credomobilize.com/petitions/president-obama-end-anti-gay-discrimination-by-federal-contractors

Ask drug company Merck to allow compassionate use of an experimental drug for a young woman struggling with kidney cancer: https://www.change.org/petitions/michael-giordano-give-my-wife-a-chance-against-cancer-please-grant-compassionate-use-for-mikaela-right-away

Thanks for fighting the good fight, and for all the little ways you change the world!

Petition Coalition Roundup - March 24, 2014

Join the "Petition Coalition" by following these links and signing those that you agree with!

Call on the government of Canada to launch an inquiry into the 800+ missing or murdered Native women in the country: https://www.change.org/petitions/hon-kellie-leitch-minister-for-the-status-of-women-call-a-public-inquiry-into-hundreds-of-missing-and-murdered-aboriginal-women-like-my-cousin-loretta-saunders

President Obama has nominated a man who fought AGAINST an open Internet by fighting for SOPA to help negotiate the disastrous Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement. Tell the Senate to reject his nomination: http://act.credoaction.com/sign/reject_holleyman

The Koch brothers are some of the biggest funders of climate change denial, yet one of them is on PBS channel WGBH's “Science Visiting Council.” Tell the station that a science denier doesn't deserve a seat on that esteemed committee: https://dailykos.com/campaigns/721

Tobacco companies already know the detrimental effects their products have on smokers, but they still force animals into consuming smoke in order to kill and dissect them to monitor the deleterious effects. Tell them to put an end to this cruel and unusual practice: https://www.change.org/petitions/philip-morris-stop-cruel-animal-testing-for-tobacco-products

Two out of three older people in the work force say they have either seen or experienced age discrimination. Ask your Congresspersons to strengthen protections against ageism in the workplace: https://action.aarp.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=4001

The president has acknowledged that marijuana is no more harmful than alcohol, but it's still on the DEA's schedule of most dangerous drugs. Tell the administration to end the needless persecution of pot users: http://act.presente.org/sign/schedule

The EPA's “Green Power Partnership” is supposed to reward companies that invest in renewable energy, but they let companies essentially BUY the certification without taking any environmentally-friendly steps! Tell the agency to revise the rules to only reward the companies doing the right thing: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/278/651/868/epa-stop-greenwashing-energy-hogs

South Carolina does not allow teenagers to get restraining orders against abusive dating partners, resulting in harassment, abuse, stalking, and sometimes even murder. Encourage Governor Nikki Haley to pass Sierra's Law to put a stop to it: https://www.change.org/petitions/gov-nikki-haley-pass-sierra-s-law-to-end-teen-dating-violence-in-south-carolina

Americans are falling behind the rest of the world when it comes to higher education, which could be remedied by providing free tuition at public colleges. Tell President Obama, Senator Reid, and Speaker Boehner it's time: http://www.credomobilize.com/petitions/make-public-college-tuition-free

The Comcast-Time Warner merger would create the closest thing to a cable and internet monopoly we've ever had in the U.S. Customer service for both companies is already terrible enough--tell the FCC not to make it worse by allowing this merger to happen: http://act.demandprogress.org/sign/fcc_merger/

Thanks for fighting the good fight, and for all the little ways you change the world!

Petition Coalition Roundup - March 15, 2014

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Speak out against the archbishop of Newark, NJ—who took a vow of poverty—spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to expand his current FIVE BEDROOM weekend residence: http://act.faithfulamerica.org/sign/myers_mansion/

Demand that WalMart put an end to the torture of pigs on their suppliers’ farms: http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-this-american-horror-story-tell-walmart-to-stop-torturing-pigs

Tell Michigan lawmakers that the idea of “rape insurance” is disgusting, and to let their citizens have a chance to express that view in a referendum: http://act.watchdog.net/petitions/4178

Help put an end to grisly monkey vivisections funded by the N.I.H. at University of Washington: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/703/775/553/stop-the-atrocities-at-the-baby-monkey-lab-at-the-university-of-washington-and-shut-it-down-for-good

We can still restore net neutrality! Tell the CEOs of Amazon, Facebook, Google, Netflix and Yahoo to urge the FCC to reclassify broadband and save the Internet: http://act.freepress.net/sign/internet_nn_ceo/

Ask Nintendo to take definitive action to ensure that their products don’t contain products mined under slave labor conditions in the Republic of Congo: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/562/300/588/

Tell Senator Mitch McConnell to stop coddling tax dodging corporations like General Electric, who have gotten away for FOUR YEARS without paying any federal taxes. The loopholes that allowed this have expired and should NOT be renewed: http://www.credomobilize.com/petitions/sen-mcconnell-end-general-electric-s-tax-loophole

Pre-school is a valuable and cost-efficient development tool to help kids grow up smarter, more responsible, and earning more than those who don’t participate. Tell Congress to pass the president’s plan to provide universal pre-school for all wee’uns: http://ourfuture.org/action/?action=267

Ask California to enact the Orca Welfare and Safety Act, ending the capture and imprisonment of killer whales: http://action.sumofus.org/a/seaworld-orcas-captivity-california-ban-blackfish

A man is serving a double life sentence in Nevada for non-violent drug offenses. Ask President Obama to grant him clemency: http://www.change.org/petitions/my-brother-was-sentenced-to-life-without-parole-for-a-nonviolent-drug-offense

Thanks for fighting the good fight, and for all the little ways you change the world!

Petition Coalition Roundup - March 7, 2014

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A Missouri man is twenty years into a LIFE sentence on non-violent marijuana crimes because of a “three strikes” law. Ask MO Governor Jay Nixon to grant clemency and work to change this overly punitive law: https://www.change.org/petitions/my-dad-is-serving-life-without-parole-for-marijuana

Overuse of antibiotics in livestock feed has resulted in a huge increase in the number of infections of drug-resistant bacteria in people who eat meat, resulting in 23,000 deaths per year in the U.S. Tell the Obama administration to clamp down on this unhealthy practice: http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/sign/tell_obama_to_keep_antibiotics_out_of_your_food_today

Tell Daewoo corporation to help put an end to the use of slave labor in the Uzbek cotton industry: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/243/285/945/

Ohio is once again attempting to cut early voting hours that have proven a boon to voter turnout in the state. Ask their Secretary of State to ensure that people continue with the access to the ballot box that they’ve become accustomed to: https://www.dailykos.com/campaigns/706

Because of a 1986 law (predating the home computer boom and widespread internet use), federal agencies don’t need a warrant to read emails and documents in the cloud. Demand that our Fourth Amendment protections include our digital communications: http://act.demandprogress.org/letter/ECPA

A Los Angeles man was restrained and repeatedly tasered in his groin because of a littering offense. Demand the firing of the two deputies responsible for this sick brutality: https://www.change.org/petitions/los-angeles-county-sheriff-s-department-fire-the-deputies-who-tortured-daniel-johnson-for-littering

Under current law, former federal workers can still collect their tax-free pensions even while serving prison sentences for murder! Speak up and ask the government to end pension payments during prison sentences: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/143/893/799/exclude-convicted-murderers-from-receiving-absurd-benefit-in-prison

Put an end to medically unnecessary restrictions on women’s reproductive health decisions by asking your senators to co-sponsor the Women’s Health Protection Act: http://campaigns.dailykos.com/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=774

Join Congresswoman Chellie Pingree in asking Attorney General Eric Holder to prevent the wrongheaded merger of Time Warner and Comcast: http://www.credomobilize.com/petitions/help-me-stop-the-comcast-time-warner-merger-2

The European Union and China are both way ahead of the U.S. in eliminating cosmetics testing on live animals. Speak out and tell the Senate that it’s time for us to do the same: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/271/620/922/congress-dont-require-animal-testing-for-cosmetics

Thanks for fighting the good fight, and for all the little ways you change the world!

Petition Coalition Roundup - February 23, 2014

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Even though marijuana is now legal in Colorado, sentences for jailed marijuana "offenders" have not been commuted. Tell Governor Hickenlooper that it's only right to pardon those individuals: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/772/849/170/colorado-pardon-those-convicted-on-outdated-pot-laws/

Join Senator Bernie Sanders in demanding an increase in the federal minimum wage to $10.10 per hour: http://act.democracyforamerica.com/sign/Sanders_Minimum_Wage/

PNC Bank and other Wall Street firms invest huge sums of money in companies that wreck our wilderness by doing "mountaintop removal" mining. Tell them to divest immediately: http://action.sumofus.org/a/pnc-mountaintop-removal/

In the past, the USPS provided limited banking services. Allowing them to do it again would not only provide them much needed revenue, but would help a huge number of poor people who don't have access to services from Wall Street banks: https://www.dailykos.com/campaigns/654

Imagine that you woke up in a motel room with no memory of how you got there, reported to the police that you thought you'd been drugged and raped, and instead of being given victim services, you were tied to a chair, pepper sprayed, and had your hair cut off. Demand justice for Charda Gregory and get these abusive cops fired: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/502/327/855/fire-cops-who-stood-by-during-brutality/

Ask the Olympics to make a permanent rule change, disallowing any country from hosting the games if they have laws that conflict with Principle 6's anti-discriminatory sentiments: https://www.allout.org/en/actions/change-the-rules

Tell the President that political folk legend Pete Seeger deserves a memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.: http://www.change.org/petitions/click-sign-to-create-a-pete-seeger-memorial-on-the-national-mall-in-wash-d-c

Texas's Department of Transportation plans to bulldoze trees that are hundreds of years old. Tell them to find an alternate route to save these ancient beauties: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/288/092/062/stop-the-state-of-texas-from-destroying-500-year-old-live-oak-tree-and-forest/

Tell Kansas that anti-gay discrimination is NOT a "religious" value: http://act.faithfulamerica.org/sign/kansas_freedom/

Some cities are trying to battle the housing crisis through the use of eminent domain, but the banking industry is fighting them every step of the way. Ask the new director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency to let localities follow through on this effort: http://act.presente.org/sign/EminentDomain/

A Missouri man waiting for a verdict on his death sentence appeal was dragged from his cell and executed. Demand that the state's attorney general investigate this criminal act: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/250/067/009/missouri-investigate-execution-of-man-awaiting-appeal/

The US Department of Agriculture actually might allow chicken farmers to perform their OWN inspections. Tell them this can only lead to dirtier and less safe products: https://www.dailykos.com/campaigns/680

Thanks for fighting the good fight, and for all the little ways you change the world!

Petition Coalition Roundup - February 16, 2014

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Ask Wayne State University to stop their cruel and deadly medical experiments on dogs: https://secure2.convio.net/pcrm/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=685

If Comcast is allowed to buy Time Warner Cable, they will have as close to a cable and internet monopoly as we've ever had in the U.S. Tell the FCC to say NO to this merger: http://act.freepress.net/sign/consol_comcast_twc

The "Trans-Pacific Partnership" has wide-ranging consequences for the average American, but the average citizen doesn't hear much about it because the press is ignoring attempts to fast-track it through Congress. Demand coverage so people are aware of this shoddy deal: http://www.credomobilize.com/petitions/tell-the-media-it-s-time-to-expose-the-tpp

The EPA's final report confirms that an open pit mine in Alaska's pristine Bristol Bay wilderness would have disastrous environmental impacts. Tell the administration to fight it: http://www.savebiogems.org/stop-pebble-mine

The vast majority of President Obama's judicial appointees have been corporate lawyers. Tell him it's time to start appointing public interest lawyers to the federal bench: https://www.dailykos.com/campaigns/667

Pope Francis has done amazing things since he took office, but he still hasn't followed through on his promise to crack down on child abusers within the church. Encourage him to do so ASAP: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/527/442/492/tell-the-vatican-get-tough-with-child-molesters/

BCBS of Louisiana is refusing federal money meant to help HIV/AIDS patients afford their drugs. Demand that they stop playing games with patients lives: https://www.change.org/petitions/mike-reitz-stop-aids-discrimination-by-blue-cross-blue-shield-of-louisiana

A proposed fracking project in Maryland would release more greenhouse gases than all seven of the state's coal burning plants COMBINED! Tell Governor O'Malley to fight agains the project: http://act.credoaction.com/letter/covepoint_psc/?akid=9972.1276313.bVf7Vs&rd=1&t=2

Urge the Egyptian government to crack down on the frequent kidnappings for ransom happening in the Sinai: https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Interim_Egyptian_President_Adly_Mansour_Torture_camps_in_the_desert_stop_the_horror_2

Monsanto's RoundUp pesticide has killed off monarch butterflies to their lowest population in recorded history. Tell them to pull this deadly product now: http://action.sumofus.org/a/monsanto-is-killing-the-monarchs

Thanks for fighting the good fight, and for all the little ways you change the world!

Petition Coalition Roundup - February 12, 2014

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Make sure your senators know that you want them to stand up for the 26K service members who experience sexual assault every year and endorse the Military Justice Improvement Act: http://endsexualassault.com

Urge your representative to sign on with the Government By The People act, and put the elections back in the hands of the electorate instead of big money donors: http://act.boldprogressives.org/survey/survey_gov_ofbyus_dfa/?source=dfa

Debit card transactions don't count toward building a positive credit report, which largely effects low income people: encourage credit bureaus to provide parity: https://www.change.org/petitions/mandate-the-credit-bureaus-to-include-debit-card-holders-information-on-credit-reports

Tell Craigslist to enforce their own rules and protect pets from abuse by not allowing their sale on the site: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/107/898/445/demand-an-end-to-selling-dogs-on-craigslist

Basic consumer protections don't apply to student loans--demand that they do by supporting the Student Borrowers' Bill of Rights: http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/restore-basic-consumer

Protect Chesapeake Bay from special interests working to undermine wildlife restoration efforts: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/479/362/321/

Tell Congress that the minimum wage doesn't just need to be raised, it needs to be indexed to rise with inflation: http://action.ourfuture.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=266

Let Tunisian legislators know that their inclusive and progressive constitution is an amazing model for not just the Middle East, but the entire world: http://act.watchdog.net/petitions/4238

Tell North Carolina's governor that his citizens deserve protection from the repeated Clean Water Act violations of his former employer Duke Energy, and that he should put NC's citizens above the coal industry: https://www.dailykos.com/campaigns/669

Thanks for fighting the good fight, and for all the little ways you change the world!