• DJ'S Should not be Banned On Facebook While Streaming Live
    is important since we use it as a way to get notice and to promote our DJ work, plus we paid for music I do not ask for money for live streams I should be able to share my hobby anywhere with no extra cost.
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    Created by Daniel Munguia
  • Keep Hair Stylists Safe
    We all know these are trying times. People haven’t received the government help they were told they would and people are struggling. With that being said, there are a few things we need to take into account before we open these businesses. These are not essential service. No one has ever died or gotten sick from over grown hair, nails, or lack of massage. We currently on the brink of creating a death toll because of getting them. With Georgia being one of the first to open these businesses, they have released a new set of guidelines. Although they are not for every state, being the first, these will no doubt set the Outlines for other states. These guidelines create a wold of problems aside from just the spreading the virus. The PPE for example, who is responsible for providing them? Who is responsible for the added cost? With the shortage of PPE all over the country, where do they even find them? Will these establishments needing them for business are we taking away from the people that need them most? With other parts of these new guidelines we have to take into account the loss of money to businesses. Limiting staff and clients means less money and hours worked per individual. Someone working full time will most likely have to move to part time. With the loss of income and the possible added cost of all the PPE, some businesses may not make enough to cover overhead. The service providers will also be taking a huge loss to their income. Any business or employee that was fortunate enough to receive financial assistance from the government will no longer qualify once the state deems them able to work. Opening too soon, with a loss of income, people could not only be risking exposure but also setting them up for failure with out the safety net of the government help. How many places have had their rent put on hold until they are able to open? How are they supposed to repay that once opened making significantly less income? Let’s talk about the social distancing aspect. All of these services are hands on. There is physically no possible way to do any of these an maintain the state mandated 6 foot distance. Plain and simple. Someone may not be showing symptoms but still be contagious. Someone at their house may be sick. Asking a few questions before starting a service does not guarantee that everyone is safe or even answering truthfully. The only way to guarantee not spreading this is to maintain distance. If the WHO and all medical experts are stating that the best way to avoid spreading and contracting this virus is maintaining a distance of 6, why is there even a discussion about opening businesses that are hands on and again, NON ESSENTIAL? The incubation period of this virus is around two weeks. It is extremely dangerous to be needlessly exposing so many people to potentially life threatening harm. We are asking our government leaders that we hired to do protect us. Please look beyond the immediate issues, and do what is best for your constituents, and keep these businesses closed until there is a safer, more effective way for us to do business. Please keep hair, nail, and massage salons closed until there is longer a social distance guideline in place.
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    Created by Maura Bennet-Martins
  • Release of Darryl Woods
    Because my brother is now sick himself and with my mom being sick I need him home ASAP and his entire family needs him home we have been praying and wishing that one day this would all be over and TIL this day we are still fighting for his release.
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    Created by Mildred Woods
  • Governors must respond to panic gun buying!
    Being safe at home has never been more important. Unfortunately, fear has motivated the panic buying of firearms, particularly by first-time gun owners. But research shows that bringing a gun into a home makes the home less safe, and this is particularly true in the current moment when domestic violence is increasing. Social distancing is intensifying feelings of isolation and patterns of abuse among people trapped in place. Sharply rising call volumes to mental health and domestic violence hotlines indicate that we are poised for an outbreak of suicide and domestic violence injuries and deaths as a side-effect of the COVID-19 health emergency. There are clear steps that governors can take to reduce the risk of gun injury or death. Urge your governor to address panic gun buying and reduce the risk of gun violence as part of their efforts to secure the health and safety of everyone during the current COVID-19 health crisis.
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  • Open Illinois Salons/One client at a time
    I feel we need to get back to work to help people feel good about themselves. I have heard time and time again...look good feel good. Right now I think we all need this in our lives. We not only do hair, we consult and sometimes we are just therapy for our clients, whom talk to us about more things than their Doctor. I also feel as a Professional we are getting left out in these times of the loans and grants offered by the Government. Not all of your hairstylist are employees, they are mainly self-employed making it hard to even setup for unemployment. I feel as a ' small business we are last on list for grants and loans also because most salons usually have less than 10 employees, which I feel we are overlooked as important but we definitely are. We need to be back to work to support our family's most of us this is our livelihopd and i think our Profession is overlooked many of times as being just a fun side job. It is not and is our way of supporting our family.
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    Created by Kelly Lunsford
  • Tell Tyson: Workers deserve paid sick leave now!
    My name is Magaly Licolli, and I am a grassroots organizer with Venceremos, an organization dedicated to protecting poultry workers against the injustices of companies like Tyson. Every day I speak to poultry workers who are terrified for their lives and the safety of their communities. They need your help now more than ever. In Arkansas alone, where Tyson is headquartered, there are over 30,000 workers producing the chicken that ends up on plates all across the country. These workers are immigrants, refugees, minoritized communities that are not afforded the opportunity to speak out against this injustice. We demand that Tyson give paid sick leave to employees in addition to providing safer, cleaner working conditions. Poultry workers must also be compensated for being quarantined to prevent further spread of the virus that can potentially harm more workers. Finally, they must receive generous hazard pay for risking their lives as COVID-19 rapidly spreads in our communities. Worker health is public health! Please sign and share this petition.
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  • Open Maryland Public Lands to horseback riding
    The humans need the outlet. Fresh air and exercise are known to strengthen the immune system. The animals need the exercise. Like any athlete, they need to maintain a regime.
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    Created by Mary Everhart
  • Visalia Gym’s Open Up!
    Gyms across our state provide an essential service in the health and well being of their members and community. Many "essential" workers (police officers, labor workers, corrections, nursing and medical staff etc) are missing out on their place of respite and recovery from the stressors of life in this time. People utilize gyms in order to stay healthy both mentally and physically and are in need of some semblance of normalcy. One of the current main mortality drivers of Covid19 has shown to be obesity and we are literally unable to use one of the greatest drivers and motivators against it. Our current administration in Washington, placed Gyms in PHASE 1 of the essential businesses to open to kickstart our economy. Allow us to do so!
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    Created by David Robles
  • HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY, ALLOW INTERPRETERS TO WORK IN PERSON!
    By the HCA taking immediate corrective action, and overturning this recent decision, interpreters would have access to more jobs instead of relying only on over the phone (OPI). As fellow DSHS certified interpreters who also cover ULS appointments, we ask you to support our petition to allow our brothers and sisters that cover HCA appointments to immediately return to work in person to be able to pay their bills, and put food on the table!
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  • Sen. Gardner, Support The CORE Act!
    April 30th marks 6 MONTHS since the Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy (CORE) Act passed in the U.S. House of Representatives. The CORE Act is the most significant and broadly-supported effort to protect Colorado’s cherished lands, waters, and forests in a generation. This crucial legislation, sponsored by Senator Michael Bennet and Congressman Joe Neguse, would protect wilderness areas, clean water supplies, and wildlife migration corridors and habitat, while also creating sustainable recreation opportunities. Despite all the good it would do for Colorado, Senator Cory Gardner has yet to express his support for this crucial legislation. For decades, local communities have been supporting pieces of legislation and calling for protection of historic sites, recreation areas, unspoiled wilderness lands, and waterways and wildlife habitats through individual pieces of legislation. Senator Bennet and Congressman Neguse's work on this legislation recognizes the growing support for a comprehensive effort to permanently protect these places for future generations. The CORE Act would provide important protections for key watersheds, helping to safeguard pristine drinking water supplies for local communities, from the western slope to the front range. It would also safeguard headwaters, local streams, and gold medal trout fisheries like Blue River, Gore Creek, and the Animas River, which are enjoyed by anglers near and far. Further, the bill would preserve healthy wildlife habitat by protecting key areas from road building, new mines and oil and gas drilling, and other activities that would degrade wildlife habitat and watershed values. It would continue to safeguard backcountry hunting opportunities and important big game habitat on our public lands across the state, in addition to protecting habitat for black bear, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, sage grouse, moose, lynx, wild turkey, and the rare wolverine. We should all get behind these goals. Millions of people visit Colorado’s iconic public lands and landmarks each year to recreate and this bill would preserve access to those places for future generations to enjoy. Now is the time for all of Colorado’s elected officials to join veterans, sportsmen, community leaders, conservationists, business owners, county officials, and voters from across the state, in protecting public lands for the future. Sign this petition and demand that Senator Gardner defends our economy, our quality of life, and our health by supporting the CORE Act.
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  • Maine Youth Vision for the Maine Climate Council Working Groups
    We, the youth of Maine, recognize that addressing the climate crisis in a way that will ensure a just and livable future for all will require addressing the root causes of the crisis, and making bold changes. Addressing climate change will require a new economy, a new energy system, a new democracy, and a new relationship to the planet and each other. It will also require rights to food sovereignty, expansion of human rights and rights of indigenous peoples, and solutions for the dignity of all people. Based on the science we learn in school, we know that we must achieve zero emissions by 2030 in order to ensure this future.
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  • ReOpen Alling Memorial Golf Course
    it is important to the community to be able to exercise and spend some time out of the house. It is also important to support the town of New Haven with all of the profits that the golf course will provide. It is also providing landscaping crews there much-needed jobs along with the stuff that runs the course. There’s no reason that this beautiful course is not open and abiding by the current laws to allow its local taxpayers to enjoy this magnificent course.
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    Created by Predrag Boskovic