The Influencer Coalition has highlighted these core issues that affect African-Americans and under-served communities. Please review our petition to Governor Deal, sign the petition and share with as many people as possible. Let’s make a better Georgia for you and our families. EDUCATION: African-American students are disproportionately represented among students that live in poverty, will not graduate from high school and are not prepared to enter the workforce. • Restore 1 Billion dollars to the State budget for Public Education to end teacher furloughs, decrease class sizes, and support education programming; • Restore 25 million to Pre-K Programming to allow all children access to a Pre-K programming, end the wait list for access to Early Childhood Education, and close achievement gaps; • Restore all funds that have been cut from the HOPE scholarship so that achieving students can attend College based upon robust funding and fair criteria; • Increase state support of and partnerships with Historically Black Colleges and Universities to support the mission, purpose and legacy of these institutions. ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY: African-Americans are disproportionately represented among the 350,000 unemployed Georgians. They also reflect less than 3% of small and medium-size business owners receiving state contracts • Approve 5 Million dollars to support Georgia Department of Labor sites in inner-city communities to assist with job search, recruitment and hiring; • Restore funding that allows 45,000 citizens to attend Technical Colleges so that Georgia’s workforce is provided with the skills they need to earn livable wages; • Provide funding to support inner-city summer work programs for high school students; • Increase (MFBE) Minority|Female|Business|Enterprise contract procurement with the State by 10%. CRIMINAL JUSTICE: African-Americans are disproportionately represented in the juvenile detention and prison population, particularly African-American males. 80% of the people accused of a crime in the State of Georgia cannot afford independent representation. The militarization of the police force has led to less community policing and more brutality. • Increase the number of Hispanic and African-American State Troopers by 5% to support diversity; • Provide 5 Million dollars of Funding toward Diversity training for all State Troopers and City Police Officers in Georgia’s largest Metro Cities to adequately prepare officers to serve and protect Georgians; • Retrain law enforcement officers regarding escalation protocol so that police brutality and use of excessive force decreases; • Allocate 10 Million dollars to expand and support indigent defense programs and public defenders. VOTER SUPPRESSION Georgia officials had to clear voting changes with the Justice Department because of a long history of disenfranchisement and discrimination against African-American voters. More recently: 1) Augusta moved municipal elections from November to decrease African-American voter turnout; 2) Greene County implemented a redistricting plan previously blocked by the Justice Department to decrease African-American voter turnout; 3) Morgan County introduced a plan to eliminate half the area’s polling sites to decrease voter turnout in low-income and minority voters; 4) Efforts have mounted against Dekalb County to eliminate Sunday voting; and 5) Georgia Secretary of State, Jack Kemp is trying to invalidate the applications of 85,000 newly registered African-American voters. • Stop Georgia’s Secretary of State, Jack Kemp from invalidating the 85,000 African-American new voter registrations that have been received 2012-1014; • Cease African-American voter suppression throughout the state; • Stop efforts to end Sunday voting.

We, the Undersigned, CALL FOR the IMMEDIATE Termination of and Arrest of James R. Clapper, Jr., Director of National Intelligence, and James O. Brennan, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency for Lying To Congress, and the American People about the exact and relevant role that the Intelligence Community plays each and every day in the safety and security of our Nation and its People. Director Clapper, acting in a capacity afforded him by the President, Barack H. Obama, II., of the United States of America as Director of National Intelligence, lied to Congress, under oath, when rendering public testimony before the Intelligence Committee for the United States Senate in 2013 about the 'Snowden Revelations' and Investigation as well as 'spying on the American people', when asked a direct question about such by U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, Democrat-Oregon, who sat on that Committee then. Director John O. Brennan, acting in a capacity afforded him by the President, Barack H. Obama, II., of the United States of America, has both lied to and withheld information from the American people, via their elected Representatives in Congress, on numerous occasions, since he was appointed as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, by Barack Obama, in 2012 when then Director David Petraeus resigned in the wake of an alleged affair with an investigative journalist from Florida. In light of this FACT, we call upon the President, Barack H. Obama, II., of the United States of America, and the 114th Congress of the United States of America to FIRE Mr. Clapper and Mr. Brennan from their present positions and for the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, James B. Comey, Jr., and the Attorney's General of the United States of America, Eric. H. Holder, Jr., to ARREST and PROSECUTE, to the fullest extent of the laws of our land, these men for their acts of sedition and treason against the United States of America, a Sovereign and Democratic Republic. Thank you, and We, the Undersigned, await your response in action... Link #1. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/06/james-clapper-prosecution_n_4399623.html Link #2. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/james-clapper-says-he-misspoke-didnt-lie-about-nsa-surveillance/ Link #3. http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2013/02/08/171467519/death-by-drone-and-the-sliding-scale-of-presidential-power Link #4. http://thebulletin.org/death-drone Link #5. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/04/world/asia/in-pakistan-death-by-drone-turns-a-villain-into-a-martyr.html?_r=0 Link #6. http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/12764-obama-lists-his-five-criteria-for-death-by-drone

I trust Hillary more than anyone else to follow through on what she wrote, and make lasting repairs to meaningfully protect middle class and poor Americans, and increase opportunities for everyone. She knows how to make healthcare work better for all Americans. For my personal security, and for the security of our country, we need Hillary's expertise in action!

My roommate is an international student from China. She earned her PhD last year and has lived here lawfully for almost 8 years. She has worked tirelessly to pursue her American dream. But she missed a deadline, and is now facing deportation. This is not right. She earned her PhD in materials chemistry and has been working to develop new research to assist in cancer drug delivery and cancer treatment generally. The deadline she missed was to apply for her employment visa. She missed the deadline due primarily to the fact that she was mentally consumed by the reality that her own mother has been suffering from breast cancer - and also the fact that she was preparing to present her PhD thesis. Her drive is admirable, and her intentions are pure. She has never had any prior issues with her status, yet after one missed deadline she is facing a complete upheaval of her life. Please sign to support.

I believe this country needs a President like Obama to have more time to bring changes to uphold the lofty ideals for which the country stands.

On January 26 the Bridgeport Planning and Zoning Committee will hear a petition from an organization that wants to build a 41-bed transition facility in Black Rock for convicted felons eligible for early release. The proposed site is within five blocks of the Burroughs Community Center and Wakeman Boys & Girls Club. The developer wants to buy and demolish three properties (39 Hubbell Street, 254 Orland Street, 873 Ellsworth Street) to build one large detention facility.

DHH will be holding a hearing to gather comments on January 29, 2015 in order to try and pass these restrictions. We need your signature in order to show that people oppose these additional restraints on the few remaining abortion clinics in the state of Louisiana, which are already struggling to stay open due to prior bills passed by the legislature.

I trust Hillary to follow through on what she wrote and make real and lasting reforms to restore and increase protections and opportunities for middle class and poor Americans and to make health care work better for everyone. For the security of our country, we need Hillary's expertise in action.

Please show your support of the expansion of Oak Tree Manor. If you would like more information please join our facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/supportoaktreemanor. The deadline for this petition is February 8, 2015.

We the undersigned, mostly being members of the Lake Erie Landlord Association and all owning rental property in the area served by the Lorain Municipal Court Jurisdiction do respectfully request that Eviction Court be expanded to two days a week to eliminate the long period of time a Landlord must wait for a hearing. If two hearings a week are not practical perhaps two hearings every other week or even once a month would lessen the problem somewhat. Each week a Landlord must wait to regain control of his/her property costs approximately $150.00 to $200.00 plus additional damages being done to the property. Thank you for your time and consideration in the matter. (Petition participants please include your name, address, Phone Number and respectfully the # of Rentals in Lorain you have)

This petition will limit the amount of political power one or more bloodlines/ families hold in our political offices, so more agendas are looked at and listened to . This will keep the laws, agendas of political power, and ideas fresh and unbiased so that Americans feel there is strong social justice in our political and judicial justice systems. This will allow Americans to feel and perceive there's equal rights, hope, and peace more so than today. This will allow a more just feel to our system and will avoid political corruption whether existent or accused of in media resources, political resources, and figures of authority. This will promote more diverse presidency, economic, and political power. By adding your signature, you agree there needs to be change, not only within the United States but in the world and the way we conduct World Organizations and treaties on trades. This will open up more opportunities for lobbyists, small companies, large companies, and environmentalists to come up with new and fresh solutions to today's problems once again avoiding conflict with some countries, tributaries, and authorities in or outside of America.

After watching a documentary about the Central Park Jogger case back in 1989, I was left wondering if cases of false confessions still occur. As of February 4, 2014, 1,403 people have been exonerated in the United States since 1989, according to the National Registry of Exoneration. I created this petition in hopes that forensic psychologists can be put in the room during a police interrogation in order to make sure confessions aren't being coerced. This will serve as a checks and balance system for police officers during the interrogation process because, as of now, there is no one overlooking police officers during interrogations.