With the growing threat of harmful immigration policies in the U.S., it is important to provide material support for immigrant students and their families. When 1 relative faces deportation, it affects the entire family.  Currently, there are not many supports in the Salem-Keizer School District for students and their families when they experience deportation. Students report that deportations deeply affect their emotional, physical, and academic well-being, as they are forced to deal with loss of income, housing, food, and other necessities. These are unjust and detrimental barriers to education.  The Salem-Keizer School District should not be spending nearly 1 million dollars on a program that is not supported by research. Instead, these funds should be utilized for the actual well-being of students in the district, which begins by addressing the emotional, physical, and financial needs of immigrant students and families. 

Join me in the fight because WE are their voice! 

Cutting Medicaid—a state and federal partnership that funds health care for more than 80 million Americans, including older adults, children, pregnant people, and disabled people—would run counter to then-candidate Trump’s big campaign promise to lower the cost of living for everyday Americans.  In fact, cutting or defunding programs like Medicaid would also create major gaps in state funding and devastate state budgets. It would then, in turn, force states to raise taxes or cut certain parts of their budget in order to fill the gap.  And just last week, President Trump tried to cut Medicaid when he attempted to pause funding to federal grant programs before his administration was forced to temporarily put those plans on hold.  No one should have to choose between getting the health care they need and paying for rent, gas, or groceries because of high costs. 

We are in an overwhelming crisis. After just over two weeks in office, the Trump administration has unleashed wave after wave of catastrophic attacks—even going so far as cutting off critical funding for tens of millions of Americans in the form of WIC, SNAP, Head Start and children's school programs. All the while handing over our government to the richest man on earth, Elon Musk. This isn't business as usual—this administration is rapidly consolidating and exercising power in egregious ways, testing the limits of how much they can get away with. We need more than just a handful of Democrats to meet this moment. We need people speaking out and blocking Trump's agenda every step of the way. Halting this onslaught of attacks requires a principled and unified opposition that will take action to address the crisis at hand.  We can't tweet our way out of this. It's time for Democrats to stick together, throw out the usual playbook, and do everything in their power to stop Trump's assaults.  And Democrats need to hear from us—their constituents and their voters. If enough of us sign this petition, it'll send a clear signal that we're counting on them to recognize the gravity of the situation and step up.  Add your name to the petition and urge Democrats to use every tool at their disposal to interfere, disrupt, delay, and block Trump's dangerous agenda.

It’s important because if we don’t speak up now! Rates will continue to rise and we will continue to be expected to pay them regardless of the price on the bill. The city doesn’t have reliable utility assistance for its residents. Community Service doesn’t have funding… Most community organizations will tell you that the bill can’t exceed $200 dollars in order to receive assistance. So majority of our residents don’t qualify for the assistance. It’s important to remember the cost of living and minimum wage that the state still hasn’t graduated from. 

The core message of Star Trek is diversity and Mr Musk clearly violates these ideals.  We will discontinue Paramount+ services if this eggregious praise of a literal fascist is not quickly rectified

Other people should join this campaign for change because health is a human right, not a business transaction. When pharmaceutical companies prioritize profits over people, lives are put at risk, and justice is often denied. By standing together, we can: 1. Demand Accountability – Holding pharmaceutical companies responsible ensures that no one else suffers due to corporate negligence. 2. Push for Fair Compensation – Victims of harmful drugs deserve financial relief for medical expenses, pain and suffering, and lost wages. 3. Strengthen Consumer Protection – Stricter regulations and transparency will prevent future harm to individuals and families. 4. Ensure Legal Fairness – The legal system should work for the people, not protect corporate interests at the expense of public health. 5. Create Lasting Change – Collective action leads to policy reforms that can improve healthcare justice for generations to come. This is not just about one person—it’s about protecting our communities, our families, and future generations from preventable harm. Every voice matters. Together, we can make a difference. Join us in the fight for health justice!

If we lose our First Amendment rights and freedom of the press, democracy is finished.  We need big media companies and powerful CEOs to stand up to Trump. 

  President Trump's attempt to freeze funding for life-saving and essential science with a blatantly illegal and unconstitutional power grab should send chills down our spines. Research and grants abruptly halted. Medicine deliveries interrupted. Families and communities in shock. The Trump administration's Project 2025 plan has made clear that the President thinks it's his power and prerogative to unilaterally decide how taxpayer dollars are spent. That includes funds that Congress has already approved to go to local hospitals, universities, and research institutions for essential science, research, and programs that directly benefit our communities. The Trump administration has also made clear it will not stop trying to exercise this power wherever and however it can. Regardless of whether the administration has to walk back an executive order or is momentarily turned back by a court, they will keep at it until and unless Congress acts decisively and is clear that it will not stand for this illegal and harmful overreach. Urge Congress to oppose the Trump administration's illegal freeze of federal funds for programs, research, and science. The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) launched our Save Science, Save Lives campaign on Day 1 of the Trump administration to provide a bullhorn for UCS supporters to speak out with one voice. Right now, we need to band together to make sure our lawmakers to hear from us and are moved to stand up to the Trump administration and to protect science. Regardless of party, we expect our legislators to use every tool at their disposal to stop the illegal and unconstitutional attempt to withhold congressionally approved funds. Funds that our communities have been counting on for cancer and other life-saving research, critical disaster relief efforts, providing food to kids, and so much more. Take a moment to let your members of Congress know where you stand on Trump's illegal and unconstitutional power grab, and how you expect them to respond. 

This administration wants us to be overwhelmed and feel as if we are in complete chaos! Let’s not let them do that.  Let’s start by gathering everyone against this fascist administration in one place and we can do that by signing this petition to show how strong our numbers are! Show them how we outnumber them!  When we organize, we win. When we fight, we win

America is the wealthiest nation in the world. We can and should have a fully staffed flight control system and a fully funded FAA. A politic that would consider tax cuts for the wealthy so they can take joy rides into space, while at the same time using a 'Swiss cheese' approach to air traffic control to pinch government spending is insane.  The irreplaceable lives of 67 people were lost this Thursday due to a preventable accident. All mid-air collisions are this. At the time of this accident, the fact that one controller was doing the work of two, and that this was considered 'permissible' reveals the root of the problem: Short staffed air traffic controller systems. These dedicated, over worked heroes have warned us for years, since the 1970's when Reagan fired them all over a strike about working conditions, that their work load is unrealistic. As traffic has increased dramatically over the last decades, near-collisions have increased proportionately. Yet, our government leaders have not responded to the warnings that traffic controllers are overworked and under staffed. Many, many warnings have been ignored. Now 67 have died and their families have suffered the worst imaginable loss; all because these elected leaders have failed to respond. We the people must DEMAND that our air traffic control system be fully staffed and fully funded, so it can operate at it's best possible level and provide the best possible safety.  Our very lives depend on it. Please sign this petition, and we must all call / write your Senators and Congress persons and make this demand.  Fully staff flight controllers and fully fund the FAA.

Erasing Scientific Data Puts Lives at Risk. The youth mental health crisis was identified and tracked using the very survey data that is now being erased. Data saves lives. Researchers, doctors, and scientists rely on it to develop evidence-based treatments and interventions—but Trump is endangering Americans one executive order at a time.