• NH State Rep. Marilinda Garcia wants to get "rid" of Obamacare
    I was born in NH, and live in NH. I want to hear what Representative Garcia's solution is, for residents of New Hampshire, to continue to have access to "affordable"health care.
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    Created by Flora Piteak
  • Save Our Post Office Shrewsbury MA
    We support keeping the Shrewsbury MA mail processing plant open and maintaining the strongest public post office in Massachusetts.
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    Created by Jerry Stidman
  • Free Wayne Williams
    It's been over 30 years since Wayne Williams went to prison for crimes he did not commit. Please help us in our efforts to free Wayne and bring justice to all those impacted by this horrific tragedy. Go to www.waynewilliamsfreedomproject.com for more information. Thank you.
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    Created by Jimmy Howard
  • Boston: Say No to PARCC & High-Stakes Standardized Testing
    At the Boston School Committee meeting on September 17th, Interim Superintendent McDonough recommended that all students in grades 3-8 and in grade 11 take the PARCC this year in order to better prepare for the potential transition from MCAS to PARCC. Tenth graders will still be required to take and pass the MCAS as a graduation requirement. As teachers, students, family members, and administrators within Boston Public Schools, we do not support this recommendation. We refuse to subject ourselves to yet another high-stakes standardized assessment that negatively impacts our curricular and instructional choices. We have serious concerns about the increase of testing in all of our schools. To be clear, we do not necessarily believe that the MCAS is a better assessment than PARCC. As Lisa Guisbond, the executive director of Citizens for Public Schools, has stated, “With PARCC versus MCAS, districts have been given a false choice. They have to pick which of two flawed punitive systems will do the least harm to their efforts to engage and educate their students.” We, the undersigned, believe that using test scores to evaluate teaching and learning is unjust and inequitable. Rather than pouring time, energy, and money into a new testing program, we demand that the district and the state reevaluate the ways in which it measures school and student achievement. Boston students deserve better. For more information, check out the resources compiled here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vjg5BPfUWjBnttfbv-vqfbaNnT307BJaoDQoIaDjglA/edit?usp=sharing
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    Created by Cassandra Wallace
  • Save the Voting Rights Act of 1965
    Our government officials should be looking for ways to include every citizen in the voting process and not working to eliminate voters by making it harder for them to get to the polls by adding restrictions on early voting. When they demonstrate this kind of behavior they need to held criminally liable.
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    Created by Sara
  • Texas Department of Child Protection Services REFORM
    My children were taken from my home for domestic violence and drug use August 3rd 2013 and even tho I have completed my case service plan successfully I was told by the department and casa and the cps appointed therapist that I will have my parental rights striped from me on my final court date which is on October 10th 2014 in the llano county court house at 9:00am.
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    Created by Amanda Mayes
  • Keep Montana's Public Lands Public
    Do you like owning over 1/3 of America's real estate? The public lands of Montana - our national forests and rangelands - are owned by the People of the United States of America for the benefit of present and future generations. No other nation on earth has bestowed such a vast estate upon its citizens. America's public lands represent one of the world's greatest legacies to the citizens of any nation. Please sign the petition. Send it to friends. Meet with your local legislators and ask them to sign the petition to protect public ownership of public lands. Please act now!
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    Created by David Hadden
  • Petition to Change Winborne and Augustin to a 4-way Stop
    In the interest of public safety of pedistrian and motorists alike, and to avoid any unnecessary injury or harm from negligence wilful or otherwise.
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    Created by Weslee
  • Take Back New Mexico
    The American Federation of Teachers New Mexico and the Albuquerque Teachers Federation are taking back New Mexico on the first day of early voting, 10.18.14. We are taking back New Mexico from Governor Susana Martinez because she is: -Working to eliminate payroll deductions for public employees. Susana stated “The state collects them (dues) for the unions, and then we cut a check to the unions who then use that money against reform.” This is a union busting technique used by politicians such as Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. - Underfunding our public schools and increasing class sizes. - Diverting money to special schemes and projects. - Demoralizing students and teachers with high stakes testing and blame and shame reforms.
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    Created by Albuquerque Teachers Federation
  • Magnolia Street Speed Humps
    It is not uncommon daily for one to witness forty plus vehicles accelerating to speeds three times the legal posted speed limit of 25MPH in this area. The small residential street is used as a pipe line between the other two major streets feeding Murrieta Valley High School. Children walk down this two lane street every afternoon in large groups laughing and conversing with a false sense of security. This petition has been created in hopes the City of Murrieta will take pride in its ability to protect these children by creating "safe zones" within residential streets just a few hundred feet of their schools.
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    Created by Mar
  • De-annexation of 109 Homes in Sharpstown 2
    City Councilman Laster has received ONLY 2 requests for de-annexation, TWO, not 109, only 2. Laster has forwarded 2 requests to the City Planning office which would handle de-annexation & there is some very preliminary discussion. De-annexation is a city decision & the process, if decided, would be for the annexed property owners to vote, stay annexed or be de-annexed. Yes, I know we didn't vote to be annexed but that's the process.
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    Created by Elizabeth Bagby Schooler
  • We hereby petition the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to reject the City of Gloucester's proposed ...
    Gloucester's proposed new Harbor Plan would allow for hotels, restaurants, shops and galleries to proliferate and would reduce the area of the industrial working waterfront by over 50%. The City's proposal would violate state regulations and decades of practice in the state's designated ports. Please sign and share by October 9, 2014. Thank you.
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    Created by Denise Foley