Beginning in the mid-19th century, several generations of woman suffrage supporters lectured, wrote, marched, lobbied, and practiced civil disobedience to achieve what many Americans considered a radical change of the Constitution. Few early supporters lived to see final victory in 1920. Slavery was abolished, Martin Luther King Jr and Winston Churchill are recognized on the calendar.. but women are still not recognized for their tireless efforts to gain the right to vote in America.

Dr. Raul Ruiz, Congressman for California's 36th District, could be a poster child for what the American Dream looks like.The child of Coachella valley migrant farm workers, he was the first Hispanic to earn three graduate degrees from Harvard University, a doctor and a medical academic before being elected to Congress in 2012. While Dr. Ruiz stands out for his achievements, many Americans have similar stories. Our parents, grandparents or great grandparents, many of them immigrants, farmed or worked in factories, laboring at difficult and often low paying jobs that no one else was willing to take in order to raise their families and give them opportunities they themselves never had. Many immigrants in this country want the chance to work hard, earn an honest wage, take care of their families and become citizens, so that their children can earn the opportunities that we have had. But currently we have no path for undocumented immigrants to make things right legally, even those who have grown up in this country and lived most of their lives as Americans. Meanwhile, this broken system means that those who don't play by the rules are rewarded, putting our communities are at risk, as those desperate to make a better life for their family are preyed on by drug smugglers, coyotes and criminals who pose a threat to our Southwestern borders. This summer, it looked like Congress might finally pass legislation that would solve many of our country’s immigration woes in keeping with the views and values of majority of Americans. The immigration reform bill passed in the Senate this June includes a pathway for undocumented immigrants to work hard and earn citizenship while increasing safety for our communities by strengthening border security. But House Republicans, led by John Boehner prevented the Senate legislation from ever reaching the House Floor, preventing members of Congress from ever having a chance to vote it into law. The good news is that we live in a Democracy with a lawmaking process that has checks and balances to protect the American People from grandstanding by a handful of legislators. By using a process called a discharge petition, members of the House of Representatives can gain support from their colleagues to force the legislation to the House floor for a vote. Unfortunately, while many House Democrats have voiced support for signing such a discharge petition, none have yet shown the leadership to actually introduce it. We need one brave soul to take the lead. As an advocate for Comprehensive Immigration reform and a proven leader who has committed to reaching across the aisle for bipartisan solutions, Dr. Ruiz would be an ideal champion for bringing the Senate Immigration bill back to the House Floor. That's why we have created this petition, urging Rep. Raul Ruiz to introduce a discharge petition to the House of Representatives.

The Nevada State Board of Education is poised to decide the future of science education for all Nevada Students. Nevada could join states around the country in adopting New Generation Science Standards (NGSS), an updated and comprehensive set of science education standards developed by 26 states, including Nevada. These standards will ensure students receive an up-to-date science education, including learning about climate science. At a time when kids in Carson City, Reno and beyond are suffering from breathing smoke from the enormous Yosemite-area Rim Fire — the kind of fire becoming far more common with climate change — it’s more important than ever for Nevada students to gain a strong understanding of the causes and impacts of climate change. This will give them the foundation they need to identify climate solutions. Let’s send the Board a strong message that our kids deserve a 21st century science education to help them address the challenges and opportunities they will face. Climate change will have a huge impact on our children’s future, and we need to let the Board of Education know Nevada parents, grandparents and science supporters want our kids to learn the facts. You'll help us send that message by signing the petition in support of the new science standards. If we act today, our children and grandchildren will thank us tomorrow!

A separate feedback option and a Listing History is urgently required on Trade Me, to help expose Animal Cruelty, money hungry Backyard Breeders and Pet Flippers. (pet flippers acquire animals and then sell them for a profit). After running a Poll it was a clear indication that people wanted this change to happen. 99% for vs. 1% against which justifies a petition! *Please Like us on facebook - SPCA Watch (NZ)

So I can get sugar gliders :))

Teachers state-wide are struggling financially as a result of education funding cuts despite surpluses in the school aid fund in the hundereds of millions of dollars. All state employees had a 3% tax to pay for retirement healthcare imposed on them in 2010, which was refunded to everyone except public school employees. Many teachers from districts such as Buena Vista, Ypsilanti, Willow Run, and Inkster are now without jobs and need this refund to help pay for basic living expenses. The state appeals court ruled almost one year ago that imposing this tax was unconstitutional. The state supreme court needs to make this hearing case a priority and refund and our money.

Our access to Pine Grove is now completely blocked which is where we load and unload children, elderly parents, groceries, etc. We are now forced to do this in a tow zone on Addison. Ironically Addison is deemed unsafe for the cyclists. The stop sign is obstructed and the station is 10 feet into a tow zone. All Divvy locations in the 46th ward except one are by commercial enterprises and the one residential site (not yet installed) is at the back of a building not disturbing privacy. Let's advocate for appropriate, safe locations for Divvy.

I am tired of the Senate not requiring the filibuster senator to do anything but call for a filibuster. I believe this has been interfering with the fow of business. I favor the original rules for filibuster that requires something of the person calling for a filibuster.

"Our lyme doctor in Destin is being forced to quit by the FL Board of Medicine. It's a state issue but similar situations have occurred in the north east, Virginia, Kansas, and North Carolina. We need a national law protecting lyme doctors" Dr Lentz has assisted us part of the last 4 years with our son's devastating lyme disease. Because he treated two people with negative western blots, he has two weeks to either pay $20k and practice with probationary supervision OR give up his license. This is totally ludicrous. 1) The VA legislature and governor passed, Feb 2013, a law that all doctors must inform patients of inaccurate Western Blots and Elisa lab tests for lyme. They are not the first state to do so. 2) The CDC has stated for lyme disease to IGNORE testing and diagnose clinically. But because evidencuary medicine is so prevalent, physicians ignore the CDC instructions. 3) The CDC announced last week that over 300,000 were contracting lyme every year and their previous estimates were 10 times to low (30,000). What they didn't say was, they were too low basically because lab testing is so poor and should not be trusted. Our son has consumed over $1,000,000 in health care in the last 4.5 years, with over $300,000 of that coming out of our pockets. Dr Lentz's portion has been very, very, little of that, and yet he has helped us tremendously. Please help him for the sake of all the other lyme patients in Florida and the US Jimmy and Alice Branch [email protected] (director of FL medical board)

HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN PHILLY(MANDY DAVIS) WOULDN'T EVEN TAKE THE COMPLAINT FROM MYSELF AND MY 11 YR OLD GRANDSON. HE NOTICED THE MAKER OF A PIZZA AT MAMA ANGELINA'S ON LOCUST ST IN PHILLY DIDN'T EVEN WASH HIS HANDS. BUT ITS OK IF HE PICKS HIS NOSE OR GETS POOP ON HIS HANDS BECAUSE THE OVEN IS 600 DEGREES. MY GRANDSON IS UPSET BECAUSE GROWN-UPS TELL HIM TO WASH HIS HANDS ALL THE TIME BUT WHEN ITS THEIR TURN THEY DON'T HAVE TOO. IT IS JUST NASTY AND HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THIS OVEN JUST THE THING ABOUT WASHING A PERSON HANDS OR WEARING GLOVES WHEN FIXING FOOD. THIS IS THE REASON WHY THERE ARE OUTBREAKS OF E-COLI AND SALMONELLA

The YMCA in Maury County is scheduled to close on December 31st of this year. I do not understand why your members weren't given this news well before this so we'd have a chance to do one or more fundraisers to help keep this YMCA open. The YMCA is the only source of exercise for both my husband, who is disabled from a car accident, and my son, who has Down Syndrome. The therapy pool there is the only one in a 30-mile radius. This will also greatly effect the large population of disabled and elderly, not to mention those who need it to recover from various injuries. On top of that, the YMCA is a major source of community in our area and its closing would greatly effect the area in more ways than we can count. There's got to be a way for the members to keep the YMCA open - even if a few services have to be canceled temporarily.

I am starting this petition because we are facing an international health emergency if children continue to be exposed to microwave radiation 7 hours each day in school. Scientists claim that reproductive harm, cancer and neurological damage will be the fate of our children. more info: http://www.wirelesswatchblog.org/wi-fi-in-schools/