People should join this campaign because it addresses a life-or-death public health crisis that is both preventable and deeply rooted in inequity. In Georgia, African American women are significantly more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than any other group, and data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that most of these deaths could be prevented with timely, appropriate care. Supporting this campaign means taking a stand for evidence-based solutions that can directly save lives. This effort is not abstract—it focuses on a clear, proven intervention. Doula support has been shown to improve birth outcomes, reduce complications, and ensure that patients are heard within healthcare settings. By advocating for a statewide doula training program through the Georgia Department of Public Health and the Georgia Board of Public Health, this campaign pushes for a solution that is both practical and backed by research. Joining the campaign means supporting a strategy that works. There is also a strong equity component. The Georgia Maternal Mortality Review Committee has found that a majority of maternal deaths in the state are preventable, and many are tied to systemic issues like bias, lack of access, and gaps in communication. This campaign directly addresses those barriers by promoting culturally competent care and community-based support. Participation signals a commitment to reducing racial disparities and improving outcomes for marginalized communities. Beyond the moral imperative, there is a broader community impact. Healthier mothers mean stronger families, more stable communities, and reduced long-term healthcare costs. When maternal health improves, infant outcomes improve as well, creating generational benefits. Supporting this campaign is an investment in the well-being of entire communities across Georgia. Finally, joining this campaign gives individuals a way to turn concern into action. Many people are aware of health disparities but feel unsure how to make a difference. This initiative offers a concrete path: advocate, raise awareness, and push for policy change that can have measurable, lasting impact. It transforms awareness into collective action. In short, people should join this campaign because it is urgent, evidence-based, equity-focused, and capable of creating real change.

Shocking reporting suggests Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth tried to invest MILLIONS in weapons stocks during the buildup to the war with Iran — which he’s helped facilitate. If true, it means the Defense Secretary attempted to personally profit off an illegal, horrific war that has killed thousands, including hundreds of children. This is more than just disturbing; it’s outright disqualifying. The longer Hegseth stays, the longer the list of his offenses: Purging Black and women officers at the Pentagon, failing to keep critical information secure, calling for U.S. troops to commit potential war crimes, and ordering multiple instances of unauthorized use of force from Iran to the Pacific. And these reckless, dangerous actions are merely the tip of the iceberg. Fortunately, Rep. Yassamin Ansari just introduced seven articles of impeachment against Hegseth, providing us a path to push him out and clear the way for new leadership at the Pentagon. We’ve just seen how public pressure can drive accountability, with Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem recently forced from their posts. Now, let’s ramp up the pressure to make sure SecDef Hegseth is next.

It protects children from harm and unnecessary separation Children need safety—but they also need love, stability, and connection to their family. When kids are removed without clear danger or placed with strangers instead of relatives, it can cause emotional trauma. This act makes sure removal only happens when truly necessary. 👨‍👩‍👧 It keeps families together when it’s safe By requiring kinship placement first, the act helps children stay with grandparents, aunts, uncles, or close family friends instead of entering foster care with strangers. That means less trauma and stronger emotional support. ⚖️ It gives parents basic fairness and rights Many parents feel shut out of the process. This act ensures they: • Know what they’re being accused of • Can see the evidence • Can attend hearings and defend themselves That’s not extra—it’s basic due process. 🎥 It brings transparency to the system With recordings and documentation, there is: • Less room for false claims or misunderstandings • More accountability for caseworkers • Clear evidence for courts When systems are transparent, they are more fair. 🏠 It makes foster care safer Not every foster placement is equal. This act strengthens: • Background checks • Drug screening • Mental health evaluations • Ongoing monitoring So children are placed in safe, stable homes. 🩺 It prevents unqualified decisions about children Decisions about a child’s mental or physical health can shape their entire future. This act ensures only licensed professionals can make those calls—protecting children from harmful or incorrect evaluations. 🔍 It holds the system accountable Without oversight, mistakes can go unchecked. This act creates independent review, so: • Complaints are investigated • Wrong decisions can be corrected • Families have a voice ❤️ It restores trust Right now, many families don’t trust the system meant to help them. This act sends a message: “The system should protect children and respect families—not work against them.”

Background The growth of artificial intelligence (AI) is driving rapid expansion of in data infrastructures, including hyperscale data centers and data center campuses, fossil fuel power plants, and transmission lines. Data centers consume vast amounts of water and power and are expected to cost Georgia residents $2.5 billion in tax breaks in 2027 alone. The Public Service Commission (PSC) recently approved Georgia Power's request for 10GW of additional natural gas power generation, despite data centers only having made 3GW worth of power commitments. In fact, Georgia Power's demand estimates only have a 1 in 500 chance of realizing, almost guaranteeing that Georgia residents will bear the cost of power expansions via rate increases down the road. Adding insult to injury, long-term job creation is limited at best and one of the major AI companies driving data center expansion says a white-collar Great Recession is not off the table. Recent research suggests that data centers create miles-wide heat islands and emit dangerous levels of infrasound, sound waves that fall below the range of human hearing but have a broad range of health impacts. Research on potential health and environmental effects is often overlooked, begging the question: What other harms of data center development will we discover after it's too late?

People living with severe mental illness (SMI) and the families who love them are already heavily impacted by criminalization, as well as overrepresented in jails and prisons. SB1055 Arizona is a proposed legislation that exposes the intersection of disability in/justice, criminalization, failed mental health systems and racial profiling. SB1055 would isolate, humiliate, and control people into walking around with multiple forms of ID to either prove "we are not them" or to limit people's movements, erode their peace of mind, and terrorize all SMI families wherever they go (school, work, etc.) Justice-minded SMI caregivers in Arizona know that legislation like SB1055 is not only bad for Arizona, it's also bad for the rest of the country. Please sign our petition to stand in solidarity with SMI caregivers in Arizona!

Nearly 12% of the population of San Antonio are immigrants. They are our friends, family members, coworkers, and neighbors. And we need to defend them against Trump’s brute and unlawful deportation agenda.  The details of the proposed San Antonio detention site are still unclear. ICE confirmed they purchased land and a facility but have not given details beyond that. What we do know is that the deed for a 640,000-square-foot industrial warehouse with a 1,500-bed capacity has been transferred to the federal government.  Local elected officials claim to be equally in the dark about the plans, with a city spokesperson claiming they have not received any assessments for the site, and that the city was not informed of any federal estate transactions.  Local leaders have already sounded the alarm on ICE and DHS’s rapid power grab. Bexar County Commissioner Tommy Calvert has been outspoken against the project, and the San Antonio City Council approved a resolution in February to identify what the city can do to push back against ICE.  We need to keep up public pressure to make it clear that we expect them to keep using every lever in their power to interfere, delay, and block the development of a detention camp in San Antonio, and that we demand transparency and accountability for any civil or human rights violations by ICE and DHS. We cannot allow ICE and the Trump administration to keep expanding their inhumane deportations. Sign the petition to say NO warehouses for detention centers in San Antonio. 

The federal government is spending $313 million to convert a warehouse in Surprise, Arizona, into a mega ICE detention facility. The 400,000-square-foot building is set to be among the larger ICE facilities, detaining up to 1,500 people. Warehouses are for packages, not people, and every single person in our state must speak out against this dehumanizing construction.  GardaWorld Federal is the company contracted to oversee the conversion—the same company running the disastrous detention camp in the Everglades, “Alligator Alcatraz.” The Everglades detention camp is a dangerous facility where immigrants have gone missing, and experts have sounded the alarm on everything from deadly diseases, hazardous flooding, and human rights abuses.  We can’t allow GardaWorld Federal and DHS to replicate the inhumane and immoral camp in our own backyard. We need local elected officials to use every lever in their power to interfere, delay, and block the development of a detention camp in Surprise, Arizona. 

Behind every person held in custody is a family, a community, and a life that still matters. Many people in Nevada’s prisons and jails face serious health risks and systemic neglect. Their humanity, and the humanity of those who have passed away inside, must be recognized not only in policy outcomes but also in the language our state uses to describe them. Changing language alone will not solve the problems within our criminal legal system. But it is a meaningful and necessary step toward acknowledging the humanity of people in custody and building a system grounded in dignity and accountability. We therefore call on the State of Nevada to: 1. Amend state statutes, regulations, and official documents to replace “inmate,” “offender,” and similar labels with “person in custody.”  2. Direct the Nevada Department of Corrections and other agencies to adopt person-first language in policies, communications, and reporting.  3. Encourage courts, legislators, and public officials to use “person in custody” in official proceedings and publications. By adopting person-first language, Nevada can take a clear step toward recognizing the humanity of all people and setting a standard for dignity within its justice system.

This legislation in Kansas is just another example of how states, empowered by Trump’s federal rollbacks, are introducing policies that compromise our civil rights. And the people most impacted by these hostile environments are vulnerable communities like immigrants and LGBTQ+ folks. People are already challenging this unconstitutional legislation, with one attorney calling it a “state-sanctioned attack on transgender people aimed at silencing, dehumanizing, and alienating Kansans whose gender identity does not conform to the state legislature’s preferences.” The courts must strike down this legislation as unconstitutional—and set a precedent that no one be discriminated against for their gender identity. 

WCMC actively supports Alabama's abortion ban — with no exceptions for rape or incest. This ban carries penalties of up to 99 years in prison for providers and has created a documented crisis in all pregnancy-related care. Doctors across Alabama are delaying or denying standard miscarriage treatment for fear of prosecution, since miscarriage and abortion are often clinically indistinguishable. Alabama already has the third-highest maternal mortality rate in the nation. Nearly half of all pregnancy-related criminal prosecutions in the U.S. in the first year after Dobbs came from Alabama alone. WCMC is a Crisis Pregnancy Center (CPC). WCMC is not a neutral healthcare resource. It is a pro-life advocacy organization operating under the guise of medical care. Sponsoring their public events is not a charitable act — it is a medical ethics issue.     Women's Care Medical Center presents itself as a pregnancy resource clinic. What it actually operates as is what medical and public health professionals describe as a "crisis pregnancy center" (CPC) — a category of facility specifically designed to intercept people facing unplanned pregnancies and steer them away from abortion, and often away from contraception, using tactics that medical authorities have repeatedly condemned as deceptive and harmful.   The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) — the foremost authority governing the specialty practiced at your clinic — has formally identified CPCs as institutions that "use deception, delay tactics, and disinformation," undermining "the tenets of informed consent and patient autonomy." According to ACOG's data, 71% of CPCs use deceptive means. WCMC runs an abstinence-only program targeting Baldwin County students. Under the name "Optimal Truth of WCMC" (baldwincountysra.org), WCMC operates a federally-defined "Sexual Risk Avoidance" program — abstinence-only education rebranded — aimed at middle and high schoolers across all Baldwin County public schools. Part of the curriculum is to burn paper hearts in the classroom, telling students that they "will never be whole again" if they have sex before marriage and that contraception isn't safe. Alabama's own public health data shows this approach is failing: the state has the 5th-highest teen birth rate in the nation and ranks 7th in overall STD rates, 4th in gonorrhea. Federal investigations have found that over 80% of abstinence-only curricula contain false or misleading information about reproductive health. The downstream consequences walk into your exam rooms every day. We are not asking you to take a political position. We are asking you to uphold your medical ones. Sponsoring WCMC's March for Life is incompatible with the ethics of your specialty, the standards of ACOG, and the trust your patients have placed in you. Withdraw your sponsorship. Stand with your patients. Signed, the undersigned current patients of Fairhope Gynecology & Obstetrics Sources: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG); AMA Journal of Ethics; National Library of Medicine / PMC; CDC; Alabama Department of Public Health; ACLU of Alabama; Yellowhammer Fund; Birmingham Free Press; World Population Review; Alabama Reflector; Pregnancy Justice; and WCMC's own public websites including womenscaremedicalcenter.org and baldwincountysra.org.

As the Lead Organizer for this initiative, I am submitting this document to formally request that the Williamsport City Council and the City of Williamsport Codes Department take immediate administrative, legal, and legislative action to facilitate the closure of this facility. While we acknowledge previous statements regarding the "short-term" nature of this site, the undersigned community members remain concerned about: • Community Stability: The impact of a federal enforcement hub on our local business district. • Mission Creep: The potential for this site to transition into long-term detention or a regional transit hub. • Resource Allocation: The need for total transparency regarding the use of local emergency services and personnel. Specifically, we are requesting that the Board: 1. Introduce a formal resolution opposing the facility’s continued operation. 2. Conduct a formal review of zoning and occupancy permits. 3. Cease all discretionary cooperation between County departments and this federal facility. 4. Confirm that no county-funded resources are being utilized for federal housing or busing operations. We request that this petition be entered into the public record and that a formal response be provided to the organizers regarding the actions the Williamsport City Council and the City of Williamsport Codes Department intends to take.

Others should join this campaign for change because creating an inclusive and accepting school environment benefits everyone—not just LGBT+ students or those who express themselves differently. When all students feel safe and respected, it leads to better mental health, increased academic achievement, and a stronger sense of community. Discrimination and exclusion harm the entire school culture by fostering fear, division, and missed opportunities for understanding. By standing up for fairness and dignity, supporters can help ensure that schools are places where every child has the opportunity to thrive without fear of bullying or judgment. This campaign is about affirming basic human rights and modeling kindness, empathy, and respect for future generations. Joining together amplifies our voices and demonstrates a united commitment to building a better, more equitable educational environment for all.