"For me, Mother's Day is a day of grief. Every day is a day of grief. My son Abdurahman Shabati is a prisoner at Guantánamo, and has been cleared for release since January of 2007. The United State’s government has stolen my son’s youth, and stolen our family’s peace and happiness. Don’t they realize we are human beings, not stones? That we suffer just like they would if they had lost their children? This Mother’s Day, you can help me and other mothers reunite with our sons by appealing to the First Lady of the United States: Tell Michelle Obama to urge her husband to close Guantánamo now." -Om Abdurahman, mother of Guantánamo detainee Abdurahman Shabati, who has been held for 12 years and cleared for release for over 6 years. This Mothers Day, CODEPINK is helping Om Abdurahman and the other mothers of Guantanmo prisoners reunite with their sons by telling Michelle Obama to tell her husband to close Guantanamo Bay Prison immediately. Join us.

Credit histories are working against the working class and for the banks, it is used on everything from jobs to auto insurance ,it has gotten out of control. With the extremely poor job that Credit Bureaus did rating Mortgages that were packaged as derivatives during the Financial Swindle that Wall street played on the US taxpayers ,& middle Class homeowners,short of a major overhaul the best thing we can do is reduce the Impact Credit Ratings have on Working Class Americans. Lets bring Credit rating usage back to what it was intended for , Credit ratings should be used only to check the Credit worthiness of those who are about to borrow money either from a Bank, Credit card Company or the Government,nothing else.

The voice of the people might be the only thing standing between a young artist from West Africa and arrest and violence. Michel Mendy is gay and from Senegal, where it is illegal to be gay and where the U.S. State Department has noted widespread violence against LGBT people. Help save Michel Mendy from legalized bigotry.

Children in countries like the Ivory Coast stolen and forced to work on coco farms harvesting cacao pods. Companies like Hershey use these pod when making their chocolate.

My petition is about accessibility in the community. Yes, I have been affected by this issue. As a person with a disability, it affects me every single day.

Protect the rights of LGBTQ couples.

Wendy Klein, Sales Manager and spokesperson for The Palm Restaurant, testified before the Denver City Council in May 2012 in favor of the Urban Camping Ban Ordinance which essentially makes it illegal to sleep outside anywhere in Denver with so much as a blanket. She stated that The Palm’s staff and their clientele feel “intimidated by ‘those’ who gather in groups for safety” and made NO statements of concern for nor in support of helping the homeless in ANY WAY. Services for the homeless are woefully lacking in Denver and have not been increased in decades despite ever-increasing need. Rather than working with existing organizations that work with and help the homeless daily, like the Denver Homeless Commission, the Palm backed a punitive ordinance that replaces a safe, warm place to sleep with no sleep, an $85 ticket or jail time. Apparently the PalmCares program does NOT care about the homeless. In essence, The Palm Restaurant felt the homeless were cutting into their bottom lines and, rather than try to find constructive ways to help people out of homelessness by working to increase services and opportunities, they backed a law that criminalized acts of survival while homeless. Please join the ongoing protest every Friday evening from 6PM to 8PM at: 1672 Lawrence Street in the Westin Downtown Hotel Denver CO, 80202 (Arapahoe St. between 16th St. and 17th St.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ***Please also sign the Petition asking the Denver City Council to repeal the Ban*** http://signon.org/sign/stop-criminalizing-homelessn-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

It has been a year since the Urban Camping Ban was passed, and it has had devastating effects on the homeless as demonstrated by a survey conducted by Denver Homeless Out Loud. The callous, "kick 'em when they're down" attitude demonstrated by the Denver City Council, Downtown Denver Partnership and Colorado Restaurant Association is unacceptable and beneath the caliber of our compassionate Denver community. We need to let them know that the Urban Camping Ban is a cruel law that punishes the homeless for trying to survive. BACKGROUND: o In May 2012, the Denver City Council passed the Urban Camping Ban Ordinance which essentially makes it illegal to sleep outside anywhere in Denver with so much as a blanket. o The ban was supported by the Downtown Denver Partnership (DDP), of which Tamara Door is President & CEO. o Wendy Klein, is the Sales Manager for The Palm Restaurant. She testified before the Denver City Council representing The Palm Restaurant and the Colorado Restaurant Association. o She stated that The Palm’s staff and their clientele are intimidated by the homeless. o She also stated that the Colorado Restaurant Association voted unanimously to support this ordinance. o In essence, The Palm Restaurant and all members of the Colorado Restaurant Association felt the homeless were cutting into their bottom lines and, rather than try to find a way to help people out of homelessness by working to increase services and opportunities, they backed a law that criminalized acts of survival while homeless. HOMELESS FACTS: o Nearly 13,000 homeless in Denver at any time o No shelter beds for 90% o 11,000+ HUMAN BEINGS - Men, Women AND CHILDREN with nowhere to sleep o 130 homeless men, women AND CHILDREN died in 2011 o 33% of the homeless in Denver are working, 64% are families with children and 42% are women o 1 in 4 Veterans is homeless (Is this how we care for them?) o Instead of helping the homeless, this ban has pushed them further to the margins of our city. Sleeping more hidden, they face increased risk of violence, including rape, and lack of sleep (a leading cause of psychological disorders). o Reasons for homelessness – low wages, job loss, lost home to foreclosure, being a victim of domestic violence, mental illness o Getting arrested under this ban leaves them with a criminal record, making it even harder to get a job and climb out of poverty.

I have many homosexual friends that are being denied the same right to marry the person they love that I have been afforded. Times changes and we as educated human being need to change with those times. It's an old argument but still has meaning. There was a time when people of different faiths and skin coloring were forbidden to marry. That changed with the times and so should it be for LGBTQ couples.

Uniting all families of all people legally in the U.S.

The repeal of Ohio constitutional amendment 1, which bans same sex marriages in Ohio.

ESPN the Magazine senior writer Chris Broussard is being targeted for termination by anti-freedom of speech and pro gay activist Michael Sherrard for simply sharing his beliefs on homosexuality and same-sex marriage.