My petition is about helping African children

Dear all, I am writing to ask for your attention to a call from Japan regarding post-earthquake reconstruction in in Arahama, Sendai. The large-scale forced-relocation planned after 311 earthquake in Japan is problematic in many ways. Professor Yasuhiro Endoh(延藤安弘)) and his students are organizing actions to help local community express their opposition to the government-led relocation. Using "yellow handkerchief" as symbol, they are now trying to engage more international friends to support their action. In this coming weekend (18 Feb), Professor Ando and his team are going to introduce this action in a forum organized by Professor Hsia and his students at NTU in Taipei. They are hoping that a widening coverage of the action could be transferred back to Japan to pressure on Japanese government. Just like what we did for Choi Yuen Village in Hong Kong, Pacific Rim Community Design Network can support the community by expressing our support publicly by sending out a letter with signatures. If no one against the idea, we will send out an open email in the name of the network and Professor Endoh will read the public letter loud to the press in a press conference before the forum in Taipei this weekend. As follows you can find a draft of the public letter (in English) and official webpage of their action (in Japanese). Please let me know if any question. It would be great if you can show your support with signature by 10:00 on Friday (17 Feb). Thanks!

The FDA is making policy decisions which destroy your rights and WILL adversely impact your life and the lives of those you love.

We want labels on genetically engineered foods. This can be very unhealthy to eat. It has not been out long enough to tell what the effects on humans will be

SCE is installing Smart Meters on all properties, In Southern California Cities with disregard of health issues and/or privacy issues that can occur. The Smart Meters transmit personal information on occupants that live in the resident such as when you are home, when you go to sleep, when no one is home, and other personal information. The Smart Meters installed can be easily hacked and used to commit criminal activity.

"Oppose House Bill 934 because it is unnecessary, it is a waste of taxpayer funds, and it will deprive citizens of their right to vote."

After my mother died in front of my face at the age of 14 I was left to fend for myself in the streets with no guidance or positive role models. Not surprisingly, by the youthful age of 19 I was charged and subsequently convicted/sentenced as a first time non-violent felony offender for unlawful possession of a controlled substance in the 4th/5th degree and sentenced to 6 years in prison, and a lifetime of state sponsored legal discrimination in virtually every sector of my life (e.g., I can not get a decent/affordable apartment or decent job to feed my family because of this blemish on my record from when I was just a teenager). I have not been charged with or convicted of a felony crime since, and I am hereby calling on Governor Cuomo and the State Legislature to give me and the hundreds of thousands of other real New Yorkers like me a "second chance" at being a "first class citizen". As the political climates tend to change in Albany every 4 years or so, this may be our only last chance to get this legislation passed AND I NEED YOUR HELP BY SIGNING THIS PETITION AND VOICING YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS MEASURE!

Jack In The Box, who has the lowest rating possible with the Human Rights Campaign, currently is showing an ad on television showing a man marrying a piece of bacon. The ad clearly begins with the homophobic concept of a man gently telling his mother that the object of his love is not a woman, then proceeds to show him wanting to marry bacon. This plays directly into the hands of homophobic fears that if you allow same sex couples to marry, then next will come wanting to marry your pet, or even wanting to marry bacon. This fear-mongering advertising should end. Also, Jack In The Box should strive to add more diversity training and protections within their institution to raise their Human Rights Campaign score and further correctly align with modern human rights.

Last night at the Grammy Awards, the Recording Academy allowed Chris Brown, a convicted perpetrator of domestic violence, to take the stage and perform twice. Allowing this to happen on music's biggest night shows a lack of empathy and regard for victims of domestic abuse. ICYMI: Here's why Chris Brown shouldn't have been asked to perform at the Grammy Awards last night: http://on.mtv.com/n3eVlh

If we cannot forbid lobbying, we must demand laws that limit lobbyists to their salesman roll. They can sell their goods but the lobbyists or the company or organization they represent cannot pass along bribes to our political leaders in any form. We must demand that this be considered bribery and punishable with very harsh prison terms to the lobbyist and CEO of the organization or company that he represents.

Khader Adnan's so-called Administration Detention is a violation of Article 9, Universal Declaration of Human Rights as well as the long-held legal principle of habeas corpus. Further, Chapter 1, Article II (Remedies) of the Statute, World Court of Human Rights, "is empowered to process petitions for a WRIT OF WORLD HABEAS CORPUS...on behalf of individuals when their individual security or other human rights are violated without DUE PROCESS OF LAW.

The movement is to remove state-level criminal penalties on the use and possession of marijuana by patients who have "written certification" from their physician that marijuana may alleviate his or her condition. : cancer; glaucoma; positive status for HIV or AIDS, hepatitis C, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease), Crohn's disease, agitation of Alzheimer's disease or any chronic or debilitating medical condition or its treatment that produces one or more of the following: cachexia or wasting syndrome, severe or chronic pain, severe nausea, seizures, including those characteristic of epilepsy, severe or persistent muscle spasms, including those characteristic of multiple sclerosis, persistent muscle spasms or seizures, severe nausea or pain. Also treatment for the following mental conditions: Insomnia,Migraines,Anxiety,Depression,Bipolar Disorder