Every person--past, present and future--shares one common bond: Childhood. However, not every childhood is a good one and given that only 1 penny of every dollar in the federal budget is allocated to our children, it is not an understatement to say that children are certainly not a priority. There are children who live in horrific, war-like conditions every day in America. They know PTSD, hunger, fear and neglect. To garner the public will to ensure that children are valued and their important developmental needs are supported in the United States, we ask that Congress enact legislation to create the "National Children's Monument" to honor the American Child--past, present and future--and to educate all citizens about what children need. Our democracy and future strength as a nation depends on us making them more of a priority.

I am very much concerned about the treatment of disenfranchised members of my community.

I am a small business owner. The proposal by the FCC to create a pay-to-play fast lane on the Internet could harm my business if I am not able to pay the higher costs of the new Internet policies. I am a parent and my child uses the Internet to gain information to successfully complete her work. If the websites she uses can't pay the higher costs then her access to research and information for her schoolwork will be limited.

I work as an advocate to help the poor and homeless obtain identity documents. My experience has shown me what a critical step this is for people to obtain self sufficiency or even services of any kind.

I was on CA state unemployment benefits for 26 weeks after losing my job last year, then was on federal unemployment for 2 weeks, then that was cut off when the federal government cut off federal unemployment benefits for everyone at the end of Dec 2013. I have survived on savings and some contract work, but many people have exhausted all their savings and all their options. There are now 1.5 million unemployed people in California, with over half not receiving any safety-net benefits at all. There are not enough jobs for all the people who want them. We need to create many hundreds of thousands of jobs, but as an emergency measure we need to throw people a lifeline and extend their state UI benefits. Having so many unemployed with no safety net is a terrible drag on the California economy. People are losing their personal savings, retirement savings, cars, ability to pay utilities, and some have even lost their houses. These all damage our communities. This can all be prevented, if we want it to. And, unemployment benefits return $1.49 for every $1 spent, so it's a very good investment.

I am the Public Information Officer for our Volunteer Fire Department, and we are very pro-active using social media not only to inform the public of everyday events but also when we know if serious weather is imminent to our area, routes to avoid during emergencies and Amber Alerts. This is done using my own personal Internet provider. This could be detrimental and could possibly cost lives!

The city of Huntsville needs public transpotation with more accessibility to buses, better routes and extended hours. The area could also benefit from new ideas and greener tranportation.

The COVE (Community Organized with a Vision of Excellence) is a Media Arts & Literacy Program for at-risk teens in an under-resourced area in the Norwood section of the Bronx. For 25 years The COVE has offered neighborhood teens a safe space off the streets, media arts and literacy development, job and college preparation, homework help, educational trips, recreation, life skills, and positive relationships with peers and mentoring adults. Help them remain in their neighborhood! Please sign this petition and tell your friends and family - The COVE needs 2,000 signatures! HISTORY The Knox Gates Neighborhood Association (KGNA), a grassroots community organization of area residents, was organized in 1977 to target the drug trafficking, violence, and neglect that was pushing the community towards deterioration and despair. In 1988, with additional help from foundations and local institutions, a group of teens and neighbors rehabilitated a donated neighborhood basement and initiated their youth after-school and summer programs. Since 2010, KGNA/The COVE has collaborated with CTM Dreams to offer an excellent Media Arts & Literacy Program. The Board and staff of The COVE have gained skills and invaluable experience on how to design, staff, promote and deliver a meaningful and fun filled, neighborhood based youth program. Today, nearly 25 years stronger, The COVE continues their role as a trusted and consistent presence for young people in our community. MISSION The Knox Gates Neighborhood Association (KGNA) believes in the power of community. Together the neighborhood youth, adults, and elders have organized to create The COVE, a safe space that provides neighborhood teens with after-school and summer programs. The COVE Media Arts & Literacy Program offers the neighborhood teens college and career readiness and a place to learn self-reliance, respect for others, and the skills to live full, cooperative, and productive lives. To learn more about The COVE, visit www.COVEbx.org ________________________________________________________ Para el propietario y administración de Renewal Realty: Por favor, mantenga THE COVE en la calle de Knox Gates! Durante 25 años THE COVE ha ofrecido a nuestros adolescentes del barrio: *Un refugio seguro * Medios Cultura y Desarrollo de la Alfabetización * Recreación * Relaciones positivas con sus compañeros y mentores adultos * Preparación para trabajo y la Universidad *Ayuda con la Tarea *Viajes culturales *Habilidades para la vida

For a year and a half, fast food employees and other low-wage workers across the country have been organizing and striking for $15 an hour and the right to form a union without retaliation. Now, the city of Seattle has just announced a landmark agreement to raise the minimum wage to $15. Seattle's wage raise will pump $500 million back into their economy without raising taxes. Large employers paying the lowest wages are subsidized by our taxes when their low-paid employees are forced to use public programs like welfare just to get by. This is a huge victory for workers, but it's only the beginning of a wave that will sweep across the country. Republicans in the Senate just blocked an increase in the federal minimum wage--but cities like Seattle are showing that progress is made locally. Who's next? Raising our minimum wage to $15 will provide a dramatic boost for hundreds of thousands of working families and local economies.

I want people with disabilities to LIVE.

This petition is being set forth to give Alexandria Dawn Cromwell, also known as "Allie", a fighting chance at life. Too many lives, have been ripped to shreds, and too many (parents, children, families), shiver or have shivered at the very sound of the word CPS here, in Tucson, Arizona, when we should have never feared CPS. Give these children a fighting chance to make a better society for all. Don't allow any child, without Just reason, to become another statistic, CPS covered up mistake, and or a financial gain for Cps (or for anyone else either). The removal of this child and many others have been overlooked and have "slipped through the cracks" due to "high case loads", and whatever new inadequate excuse CPS manages to come up with next or has came up with in the past. No more lies. I am asking that Alexandra Dawn Cromwell immediately be removed from CPS custody and placed back into My, Thea Marie Cromwell, custody, without any further precious time is wasted. She needs her mother her sister and all of her family. She is better off with me. Me and my family were lied to, bullied, taken advantage of Allie has not been protected, instead she was removed from my custody and has been unprotected by even her lawyer. Let me give my children the life they deserve and the life I see fit for them. I am capable. Allow us the ability to put our family back together As Well as a chance for Allie To have hope once again. Please sign if, you believe Alexandra Cromwell should immediately be placed back into the custody of her mother Thea Marie Cromwell, if you and or your family, here in Tucson, Arizona or anywhere else, have fallen victim to CPS neglect, or have witnessed CPS' failure, to provide sufficient reasoning, as to why a child or children, were or will soon be, removed from the custody of a suitable, willing, and capable parent, or guardian. Stand up for your rights, stand up for Alexandria.

For everyone's safety.