• STOP THE ACTIONS OF RACIST COPS LETS TAKE BACK OUR COMMUNITY
    We have been historically targetted by the police. And because we are living in fear we want to rid police forces all over the country of cops who demonstrate a tolerance for profiling, targetting and destroying the lives of low income peoples, as well as African American families. We call for officers who turned their backs on Mayor De Blasio to be disciplined up to suspension without pay and/or re-evaluated as to their competency to work as officers of the law.
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    Created by Erica Chriswell
  • Sauvons l'église de Saint Martin de Dauzats à Lautrec (Tarn)
    Nous habitons à côté de cette charmante église du 19 ème siècle dans le sud-ouest de la France et nous ne souhaitons pas la voir disparaître à jamais du patrimoine culturel et spirituel du Tarn du sud. Aujourd'hui cette église est sécularisée et pourrait devenir une salle d'exposition ou bien une salle municipale. La municipalité de Lautrec a maintenant l'intention de s'en défaire en vue d'une habitation privée.
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  • Justice For Echo
    To whom it may concern: We the people and as Advocates for wolves demand the FWS of Utah punish the man responsible for the death of "Echo" to be punished according to the Endangered Species Act. The hunter that shot and killed "Echo" the wolf in which indeed is the same wolf that was spotted in the Grand Canyon who was given the name Echo by a 10 year old boy who won a contest for picking the best name for the Endangered animal. The man who did this act and claims to have mistaken Echo for a " Coyote", should be punished and harshly prosecuted to the full extent of the law according to the Endangered Species Act in which I will name from least to worse. Misdemeanor, Anyone who kills an Endangered Species even by verified accident can be Fined $1000.00,civil offense- punishable by up to 6 months in jail and up to a $25,000.00 fine or both. Felony: Anyone who knowingly kills an Endangered Species with intent to do so punishable to one year in prison, $50,000.00 fine or both, plus the loss of the vehicle used to transport or to drive to commit such an act, plus the loss of all firearms, plus the loss of hunting privileges anywhere in the United States for One year.
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    Created by Joshua Buker
  • California: Stop toxic wastewater dumping by oil companies
    The oil and gas industry in California produces 130 billion gallons of wastewater every year from fracking and other forms of oil extraction. This massive waste stream is highly toxic, laced with chemicals, salts and often radioactive materials. Unlined pits allow toxic chemicals to percolate into the ground and evaporate into the air. It's time for Big Oil to stop poisoning potential sources of drinking and irrigation water, and polluting our air. There are over 400 active pits in the Central Valley, where pollution and the drought have already severely reduced ground and surface water resources. Most of these pits are operating without adequate monitoring or oversight. The Central Valley Water Board has detected toxic plumes of wastewater that have migrated from some of the largest waste pits, yet has continued to allow dumping! Air samples near some pits detected 24 different volatile organic compounds (VOC's), yet air regulators have done nothing to limit the pollution. For more information visit: www.cleanwater.org/ca
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    Created by Clean Water Action
  • Help Barbara Rachal
    Barbara needs this job its the only thing she has done for 10 years and all the customers love her like she was part of their family for years. She has made lots of friends lover the years and is still making new ones. If it wouldn't have been for Barbara there wouldn't be any money going into that store at all.
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    Created by sonya
  • NEW YORK UR - U.S. NEWS
    YES. YET THE PROMOTION IS ONGOING DAMAGING YOUTH AFFILIATED WITH ESPN. BUT ALSO UNDERAGE YOUTHS WHO WERE SUCKED IN TO PARTICIPATE WITH THE ONLINE VIEWING OF THE OBSCENE PHOTO OF MIKE GOLIC. THEN IF WON AFTER THE VIEWING- IN A CORPORATE PREDATORY WAY. THE WINNER GETS AN EXPENSE PAID TRIP TO - THE ESPNS' COLLEGIATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS, 1/1/2015. IS PREDATORY!
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    Created by WILL KITCHEN
  • End Conversion and Reparative Therapy
    The ideology that members of the LGBT+ community can be "cured" has been discredited by every major professional psychological, psychiatric, and counseling association. Do not let Leelah Alcorn's death go in vain. We cannot allow the torture of any more people. We cannot spare any more lives. Leelah was sent to conversion therapy before she committed suicide. Although her suicide note was removed from her Tumblr, you can find segments of it here: http://www.refinery29.com/2014/12/80149/leelah-alcorn-trans-teenager-suicide-letter
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    Created by Manju Bangalore
  • "At the MERCY of US Consulate General in Guayaquil, Ecuador: I Buried My Niece Without Her Father!
    The wrenching pain immigrant families feel every single day becomes an agonizing reality during the Holiday Season! As many families around the world are celebrating Christmas and the start of a New Year, immigrant families continue to face the UNJUST, CRUEL, INHUMANE LAWS that simply amount to a LIFE SENTENCE FOR IMMIGRANT FAMILIES! US Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez has supported our family's plea since the onset of the news of my niece's passing. We have asked for another interview and hope that the Embassy in Guayaquil, Ecuador upholds our family's request - and grants my brother's right to see his daughter and visit his youngest daughter's grave. I have requested Senator Schumer and President Obama's help to finally grant this emergency visa. Growing up in New York City's Lower East Side during the 1970's and 1980's was not easy. Our family, like many other immigrant families, faced many hardships. The drug infestation in our streets was rampant. My brother Peter at his young age fell with the wrong crowd. He served two years for selling $10.00 worth of drugs. But as we prepared to welcome him home, he was picked up by US immigration officers. The lawyer immigration supplied him with told him to sign a voluntary deportation to Ecuador. He was told that if he signed "voluntarily" he would be able to ask for a pardon to come back to the United States. I was only 18 years old then, and remember telling Peter not to sign. I also remember Peter's words to me, "Isabel, if you were to see this place where they have me, you would sign just to get out." He was talking about the inhumane facility and treatment of immigrants in the detention centers where they were being held in New York City. Over the years - 25 years to be exact - this lawyer's advise was not true and my brother's petition to return has not been granted. He has endured so much at the hands of a system that continues to punish him - a system that told him that he would be given another opportunity to return - but has not! When my brother signed under intense duress and false legal advise, he was really signing A LIFE SENTENCE WITHOUT A CHANCE FOR PAROLE. We want the emergency visa to be granted. However, we also continue to plead with this same system to help right the wrong that was done and finally grant my brother a pardon. Every year my mother asks me about bringing Peter home. I tell her it's not as easy because of the Immigration Laws. Over the years she watches the news and tells me that she believes someday the laws will change, "Just you wait and see, Isabel, the laws will change and then we can bring Peter home." I'm still waiting for this day, and I hope my parents Pedro and Rosa Reyna, US citizens (now 82 and 78 years old) are still alive to see their prayers answered! On December 15th, we asked for the support of Senator Schumer and President Obama to join US Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez and help our family bring my brother Peter home. By signing this petition, you join and give VOICE to millions of families: mothers, fathers, daughters, sons, sisters and brothers, that go to sleep every night with one plea; we can call it a mother's plea: "A change in Immigration Laws. " The time has come for Real Immigration Reform that puts an end to families being torn apart. The tears of children devastated by these laws are real; our children's tears. This Holiday season should be one of joy and happiness, not tears of families being torn apart due to cruel laws. This is a chance for families like mine that deserve a second chance - and to right the wrongs caused by inhumane immigration laws that place everyone under one category; laws that deny so many in our country the right to LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS! THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND STANDING WITH OUR FAMILY DURING THIS TIME!
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    Created by Isabel Reyna Torres
  • Tell Animal Planet to pull the Yukon Men episode "Wolf Invasion"!
    Animal Planet is acting in total disregard to the health and welfare of the gray wolf by airing a "Yukon Men" episode titled "Wolf Invasion" which perpetuates the myth that wolves are dangerous to humans. This is simply untrue, as wolves are extremely wary of humans and try at all costs to avoid contact with humans. You can read the facts by clicking on this link: http://www.defenders.org/gray-wolf/fact-vs-fiction
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    Created by Elizabeth Huntley
  • Against the militarization of Police
    WE OBJECT TO THE POLICIES OF THE Sherif Ozzie Knezovich's department, which have designated a MRAP (Mine-Resitant Ambush Protected) vehicle to be used against "Constitutionalists" and other groups that the law enforcement has profiled to be as "dangerous to society." Repeal the MRAP!
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    Created by Henry Pierce
  • Money reimbursement of uniforms
    We as parents are frustrated about this short notice of the school closing. We as a whole should be reimbursed for school uniforms and etc. We as the parents need to be heard. Our children are devastated and upset from the news of this school closing. This is a major set back for some and many will find it hard to cope with this traumatic change.
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    Created by Sheryl Welton
  • Help Americans become familiar with the Metric System
    American children do very poorly in science classes because the only time they are required to see metric units being used is in school. That puts them at a disadvantage compared to children who grow up in metric countries. Also US industry can only sell inch-pound labeled merchandise to four percent of the world's population. By using metric units, they vastly increase the number of their potential customers.
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    Created by Mark Henschel