My 16 year old cousin Gerald Gerald was found hanging from an almond tree on the Nepalese base of MINUSTAH in Haiti. MINUSTAH hid out and gang-raped an 18-year old Haitian boy. Enough is enough, they need to LEAVE. If an army was paid $880 million a year to “protect” your peoples but they instead raped, abused, bullied, molested, murdered, humiliated, and disrespected them, would you still keep them around? This is why The Haitian people have been holding countless protests and demonstrations DEMANDING the UN “peacekeeping” force to leave!!! Washington controls the UN and the International Financial Institutions in Haiti. The UN is in Haiti to serve US-Euro imperial interests. Their mission is to destabilize and to stop the masses from exercising their human rights and the most powerful political party in Haiti - Fanmi Lavalas. United Nations head Ban Ki-moon was even personally served court papers for a class action lawsuit demanding UN compensation for the deadly cholera epidemic it brought to Haiti in 2010. I am not asking for any pity nor any charity. We are beyond exhausted with dealing with paternalism, abuse, and oppression-- this just being one out of many. Thousands of people have been protesting, yet it falls to ears that choose to go deaf. I prayed hard before creating this petition only because I believe and I finally want for justice to prevail; us to make decisions for ourselves, FOR THE PEOPLE, and stop the international powers from putting us at a disadvantage FOR THEIR PROFIT! Please, I urge you, to help Haitians and the Haitian Diaspora pressure US, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, UN Watch President Mark Lagon, UN Ambassador Alfred Moses to demand the force’s departure. Here are just A FEW of the tireless violations that our people have endured: UN Ambassador Alfred Moses. [email protected] 1. On February 18, 2005, three MINUSTAH Pakistani soldiers in Gonaives raped a young girl; 2. On March 20, 2005, Tele Contact radio journalist Robenson Laraque was fatally wounded by bullets fired by MINUSTAH soldiers who had replaced the military from the old police station in Petit-Goave; 3. On November 26, 2005, a young woman was forced to fellate a Jordanian soldier before being raped and sodomized by him; 4. On December 20, 2006, a student at the Center for Economic Education and Classic (CFCE) was injured in his left eye by projectiles fired by MINUSTAH soldiers as he passed close to the police station in Delmas 62; 5. On November 3, 2007, 111 Sri Lankan officials were implicated in cases of abuse and exploitation of minors; 6. On May 29, 2008, police officer was molested by MINUSTAH soldiers; 7. On August 6, 2008, MINUSTAH soldiers beat two policemen both assigned to the Cite Soleil police station. 8. On August 18, 2010, a 16 years old orphan, was found hanging from an almond tree on the Nepalese base of MINUSTAH in Carenage, Cape Haitian. This boy usually rendered small services to MINUSTAH agents; 9. In mid-October 2010, the Nepalese MINUSTAH soldiers in Mirebalais were involved in the emergence and spread of cholera in Haiti due to release of their human wastes into the rivers Boukan Kanni and Jenbe, causing considerable loss of life; 10. On May 12, 2011, a 14-year old student was injured by two projectiles fired by MINUSTAH soldiers. Please join me and help our peoples find justice. Sign, and tell UN and US powers to orchestrate the UN MINUSTAH’s departure.

I NEED MY SON JON COLE JR. TO BE RELEASE FROM PRISON,FOR A CRIME THAT HE DIDNT COMMIT OR HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH HE'S BEEN IN PRISON NOW FOR 7 YRS FOR NOTHING

Anti-choice politicians are hell-bent on making it impossible for women to get an abortion. • The U.S. House voted to eliminate insurance coverage for abortion for millions of women, and tax small businesses that offer abortion coverage in their health plan. • The Senate plans to vote to ban abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy, targeting women in desperate situations. Banning abortion and raising taxes on small business share one thing in common: they are about as far as Republican leaders can get from the priorities of the American people. We’re flooding Congress with messages to remind them what the majority of Americans really care about.

A completely botched, nonfactual/un-researched and obviously rushed story written by Becky Vargo, published 1-20-15 titled "Dead Dog Debacle" is what bought me to your GHT's (newspaper) online "Advantage" and comments that follow each article published. Many regulars comment daily. They call themselves names like LessThanAmused", DKS523, misanthrope, and Straighjacket - which allows them to behind made-up names as they post comments that are simply beyond cruel and evil - which is awful in its own right. I believe in freedom of speech and opinion(s)..the problem is that many comments made by these ppl - these regulars - downright "bullies" ppl named within the piece (i.e. within the contents of the articles). The comments BULLY regarding looks, sex, race, monetary worth, intelligence and more. This is unacceptable - and these comments needs to be moderated - with those "bullying" comments removed immediately and the person writing them warned and then finally removed if they continue. Bullying is one of the most important issues on the forefront today. Parents and teachers continue trying desperately to teach our youth how wrong bullying is... and what can be the awful outcome from it. Bullying has been discussed in the most high office(s), to the family home, to the church - how wrong it is, yet the GH Tribune allows it and even seems to "grandstand" it - even allowing bullies to make REPEATED BULLYING (INCLUDING THREATS ) within their comments against others - within the online content of The Grand Haven Tribune. Please urge the Grand Haven Tribune to moderate these bullies once and for all AND FORCE THE USE OF REAL NAMES & ADDRESSES of those commenting, or withhold their privileges of commenting!

Fracking and extreme oil extraction techniques like acidizing are taking place in and around Brea. These wells pose a direct threat to the safety and well-being of Brea residents. There are currently at least 24 cases of fracking and acidizing within Brea’s sphere of influence. The City of Brea owns fracking wells that are located just outside the Olinda Elementary School and near the new Sports Complex. There are more fracking wells in the Blackstone and Olinda Ranch Neighborhoods within a few feet of people’s homes. Fracking is the process of injecting millions of gallons of water, sand, and tens of thousands of gallons of known toxic chemicals deep underground at extremely high pressures to blast open rock formation. This allows hard to reach oil and gas to flow more freely. Acidization is the process of using hydrochloric and hydrofluoric acid to stimulate wells as they melt rock layers that allow oil and gas to flow more freely. Hydrochloric and hydrochloric acid are air toxins that can cause illness and even fatalities if exposure is high enough. Less is known about acidization because it is a newer technique and mainly employed in California, but fracking has a horrendous track record. Fracking has been linked to over 1,000 cases of water contamination including groundwater contamination in 4 states, increases in air pollution and smog, and finally fracking practices and waste disposal wells have been linked to earthquakes as large as a 5.7 in Oklahoma. Fracking is also exempt from the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and Safe Drinking Water Act making it impossible to hold the Oil & Gas Industry accountable to public health and the environment. With the passing of SB4, the statewide fracking regulations bill, we still don’t have enough protections to ensure that the public health and environment will be safe from fracking. SB4 only requires the notification of fracking and disclosure of chemicals. It does nothing to protect ensure that fracking is safe for communities of the environment. This is why we need to take local action to ensure the safety and well-being of Brea residents. This petition calls on the City of Brea to shut down their dangerous wells near schools and homes and to enact a permanent ban on all extreme and unconventional extraction methods as well as waste water injections wells within Brea City Limits.

Right now, members of Congress are working on legislation to remove existing Endangered Species Act protections for wolves across some—and possibly almost all—of the lower 48 states. These anti-wolf legislators could succeed, unless we fight back now. Wolves have just begun to recover in some areas of the United States after being nearly wiped out by centuries of ruthless hunting, trapping, and poisoning. Despite fragile successes that have brought wolves back to the northern Rockies and the Midwest, they are still missing from a vast majority of their former range and are subject to mounting persecution even where they have been restored. Urge your senators and congressional representative to stand up for wolves! Federal protections for wolves in the lower 48 states are critical to securing the recovery of existing populations and allowing wolves to expand into other suitable habitat in places like Northern California, the Pacific Northwest, the southern Rocky Mountains, and the Northeast. Now the House and Senate are poised to take up legislation to strip wolves of their federal protections in states including Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. If anti-wolf legislators get their way, the result will be more state-led killing of wolves and a blow to the Endangered Species Act, our nation’s safety net for imperiled species. Urge your senators and representatives to oppose any anti-wolf legislation put forth in this Congress.

Vermont has had critical errors on the audits that have been performed since Act 58 passed in 2009, costing the State of Vermont money; with the financial constraints that the State finds itself in, now is the time to save money. With the registry bloated by the low, medium, and moderate risk offenders, the Department of Public Safety has less time to monitor and track the offenders who are high risk and judged to pose a greater risk to the community.

Now that winter is in full swing, many Americans are flocking to warm vacation destinations and booking cruises. Unfortunately, many of these trips have a devastating impact on the environment – but it doesn't have to be that way. We need your help to convince Carnival Cruise Lines, one of the worst actors, to clean up its act!

ASPIRA was originally founded in 1961 by social justice advocate and union activist, Antonia Pantoja, to address the high drop-out rate and low academic achievement of Puerto Rican youth. Their staff is dedicated to upholding that mission and seeks the board’s recognition of their hard work. In the spring of 2013 a committee of concerned educators at ASPIRA launched their campaign to form a union. The board of ASPIRA and its administration immediately launched an anti-union campaign in response. They threatened to terminate several key members of the union committee. The community rallied around the educators and charges were filed against ASPIRA at the National Labor Relations Board. Thankfully no members of the union committee were terminated. The NLRB charges were settled, and ASPIRA considerably toned down their anti-union rhetoric. Over a hundred staff members at ASPIRA schools have courageously and publicly declared their support for a union. However there are still members of the staff who are hesitant to openly support the union effort because of the chilling effect of ASPIRA’s initial anti-union campaign. That is why we are now asking for the board to publicly declare that they will not interfere with the staff’s right to organize, and agree to provide a peaceful and unobstructed pathway to union recognition. Please sign this petition demanding the ASPIRA board respect the rights of their staff by pledging to remain neutral during the unionization effort at ASPIRA. Spanish Translation: ASPIRA fue fundada originalmente en 1961 por el defensor de justicia social y activista sindical, Antonia Pantoja, para hacer frente a la alta tasa de deserción escolar y el bajo rendimiento académico en la juventud puertorriqueña. Su personal está dedicado a la defensa de esa misión y busca el reconocimiento de la mesa directiva por su ardua labor. En la primavera del 2013, un comité de educadores interesados de ASPIRA lanzaron su campaña de formar un sindicato. La mesa directiva de ASPIRA y su administración inmediatamente lanzaron una campaña antisindical en respuesta. Amenazaron con despedir a varios miembros clave del comité sindical. La comunidad se reunió en torno a los educadores y presentaron cargos contra ASPIRA ante la Junta Nacional de Relaciones Labores (NLRB por sus siglas en inglés). Afortunadamente ningún miembro del comité sindical fue despedido. Los cargos de la NLRB se resolvieron y ASPIRA moderó considerablemente su retórica antisindical. Más de un centenar de miembros del personal en las escuelas ASPIRA han declarado valiente y públicamente su apoyo al sindicato. Sin embargo, todavía hay miembros que no se atreven a respaldar públicamente el esfuerzo sindical debido al efecto de enfriamiento de la campaña inicial antisindical de ASPIRA. Es por eso que ahora estamos pidiendo a la mesa directiva que declare públicamente que no va a interferir con el derecho del personal a organizarse y que esté de acuerdo en proporcionar una vía pacífica y sin obstáculos para el reconocimiento del sindicato. Por favor firme esta petición exigiendo a la mesa directiva de ASPIRA que respete los derechos de su personal mediante la promesa de permanecer neutral durante el esfuerzo de sindicalismo en ASPIRA.

It is outrageous that on the same day Congressional Republicans abandoned their radical abortion ban proposal for being too extreme, Virginia Republicans are pursuing an even more dangerous version. Virginians need leaders who focus on policies to support families' economic security, not interfere in private decisions that should be between a woman, her family, her faith, and her doctor. Virginia voters have repeatedly rejected these sort of extreme attacks on women's health. This abortion ban was too radical for Washington and Virginia women can't stand for it here.

Firing a popular, student-supporting dean over end-of-the-year bonuses to administrative staff while rewarding a football coach with a $800,000 a year makes clear WMU's priorities. They need to change. Reinstate Dean Alex Enyedi; it's the right thing to do.

To protect the welfare and interests of the citizens of Erie, Colorado.