My husband(Gary Hurley 208595)is incarcerated in Tennessee. I haven't been able to visit him in a year because he is 400 miles away from me. This has been devastating to me because my father and other family members recently passed away. To see my husband (of 37 yrs.) would help us both. Other family members also would love to visit with him. Please consider the benefits for families and society as a whole by lessening the distance between the incarcerated and their families whenever possible.

In order to work toward world cooperation and invest in human needs to solve pressing problems like climate change and humanitarian crises, it's time to commit to ending U.S. wars. Since 2001, the war authorization has been used for military endeavors in dozens of countries, in the Middle East, Africa, Central and South Asia. After over 17 years of war and trillions of dollars spent, it's time to end the Forever War by repealing the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force and holding the perpetrators of war crimes accountable.

As a resident of the city on a fixed income, this dramatic rate hike would make it impossible to maintain a basic standard of living and hygiene.

The Trump administration recently announced its plan to remove federal Endangered Species Act protections from gray wolves in the lower-48 states. This is a decision based purely on politics – not science. While wolves may be rebounding in the Great Lakes Region, they are not recovered in the Pacific Northwest, and they remain absent from the southern Rocky Mountains. Removing protections nationwide from wolves will cause irreparable harm to the slowly recovering populations in Oregon, Washington, and California; and will effectively prevent the eventual recovery of the species in states like Colorado and Utah. The Western Environmental Law Center is a nonprofit, public-interest environmental law firm and our expert attorneys will use the full power of the law to retain the protections gray wolves need to recover across the American West.

As a society, we have a responsibility to protect our children. To do this we pay taxes to ensure safeguards are in place at a state level. Those safeguards are failing and children are dying. Illinois deserves an explanation and our children deserve our advocacy.

Twenty plus Democratic candidates will overwhelm our capacity to focus time, energy and money to defeat Trump.

Williams Transco is proposing a new fracked gas pipeline expansion in Central New Jersey, attempting to build a 32,000 horsepower gas compressor station in Central NJ and a 23-mile pipeline through the Raritan Bay. Join us in demanding a better future for our state, children, and environment and an end to the new Transco pipeline expansion.

The nurses at Mercy Allen Medical Center work around the clock caring for patients each day. Nursing is an emotional and physically demanding profession – the toll the job takes on the average nurse is indescribable, but nurses make that sacrifice because of their unwavering commitment to patient care. Mercy Allen Medical Center has made it clear that this commitment to patients is not to be rewarded. In fact, Mercy Allen moved away from an already low-wage proposal, wanting to instead pay nurses an even lower wage in return for their commitment to the community. The move has the Ohio Nurses Association pointing to the legality of such a move, and therefore the Ohio Nurses Association has filed an Unfair Labor Practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board against the Medical Center. Paying nurses a fair wage helps keep good nurses at the bedside, caring for the Oberlin community. Nurse turnover is expensive to the medical center, interferes with the care continuum and decreases employee morale. The Medical Center passed a last, best and final offer to the nurses, of which the nurses overwhelmingly voted down. The nurses have also voted to authorize a strike notice if the Medical Center continues to belittle the nurses’ worth. Join us in telling Mercy Allen Medical Center President, Charlotte Wray, that the nurses deserve better. Pass a fair proposal that shows the Medical Center’s appreciation of the nurses’ commitment to patient care. About the ONA Nurses at Mercy Allen Medical Center: Contract negotiations, which affect 30 highly-skilled registered nurses, began February 14th. In an attempt to reach a fair and reasonable contract, the ONA nurses agreed to more negotiation dates and a contract extension from March 31st to April 30, 2019.

Marijuana is one of the most drugs used than any other substance.

While we all have priorities that supersede removing Trump from office, like Health Care, Minimum Wage, Climate Change, Income Disparity etc, we cannot pass these programs as long as Trump occupies the White House and the intransigent, sycophantic Republicans control the Senate. Send a message to Speaker Pelosi and sign this petition!

May 8 the Honolulu City Council will take a final vote on Bill 85 to enforce zoning laws and shut down illegal vacation rentals. They will also take a final vote on Bill 89 which has the same enforcement measures but also gives out permits to a set percentage of the houses in each development district to do vacation rentals in a home with a home owner tax exemption. Those who win the lottery and get the permits will get first dibs on renewing every two years, creating a priveleged group who will benefit financially while the property values and quality of life of their neighbors goes down. We need proven enforcement first with Bill 85 before considering additional permits in residential zones. Please comment on the form. WHERE THEY STAND -- CALL THEM OUT! Yes! BILL 85 - enforcement only No! BILL 89 - enforcement and new permits Brandon Elefante, 768-5008, [email protected] (Not clear where he stands - call him!) Heidi Tsuneyoshi, 768-5002, [email protected] (Not clear where she stands - call her!) Carol Fukunaga, 768-5006, [email protected] (Supports 89 but may not oppose 85 - call her!) Ann Kobayashi, 768-5005, [email protected] (Supports 89 - pushed for second home whole-house vacation rentals) Ikaika Anderson, 768-5003, [email protected] (Supports 89; opposes 85) Joey Manahan, 768-5007, [email protected] (HERO! Supports 85) Ron Menor, 768-5009, [email protected] (HERO! Supports 85) Kymberly Marcos Pine, 768-5001, [email protected] (HERO! Supports 85) Tommy Waters (Hero! Supports 85)

As stipulated in the Constitution of the World Health Organization, “The enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being without distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic or social condition.” Furthermore, the UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/70/1 stated, “As we embark on this great collective journey [toward the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development], we pledge that no one will be left behind.” While Taiwan was not invited to attend the World Health Assembly either in 2017 or 2018 as an Observer, it has sought to participate in technical meetings, mechanisms, and activities of the WHA and World Health Organization for many years. To this end, Taiwan has won the understanding and support of many nations, which have taken concrete action backing Taiwan. We will continue our effort to ensure the health and wellbeing of the 23 million people of Taiwan as well as of the whole human race. Taiwan’s participation can help WHO to establish a sound global health system. In recent years, Taiwan has successfully transformed its role on the international stage from aid recipient to assistance provider. It has established a comprehensive disease prevention system and organized numerous training workshops aimed at building capacity to prevent diseases in the Asia-Pacific and Southeast Asia, thereby facilitating collective efforts to strengthen global health security. Meanwhile, Taiwan needs the WHO to protect the health of its own people as well as those in the region and the entire world. Through its participation in the WHA and the WHO, it could share its experience with other countries, make timely reporting and acquire information on diseases, and play a constructive role in global health protection. This would create a win-win scenario for Taiwan, the WHO, and the world community. In the future, Taiwan will continue to seek participation in this year’s 72nd WHA as well as WHO technical meetings, mechanisms, and activities. This will help ensure the complete early realization of WHO’s vision of health as a human right. (CHINESE TRANSLATION BELOW) 支持臺灣參與「世界衛生組織」(WHO) 及2019年「世界衛生大會」(WHA) 我們誠懇呼籲世界衛生組織（WHO）及總幹事Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus， 基於下列考量，請慎重考慮發出邀請函給臺灣，讓臺灣參與「世界衛生組織」(WHO) 及今年五月下旬在瑞士日內瓦召開之第72屆世界衛生大會（WHA）。 依據《WHO憲章》，「享受最高而能獲致之健康標準，為人人基本權利之一。不因種族、宗教、政治信仰、經濟或社會情境各異，而分軒輊。」 且「在踏上這一共同道路 (達成2030永續發展議程)時，我們保證，絕不會遺漏任何一個人。」《聯合國大會第A/RES/70/1號決議》 2017年及2018年臺灣雖未能受邀以觀察員身分出席WHA，但多年來臺灣積極爭取參與WHA及WHO相關技術性會議、機制及活動的訴求，已獲得越來越多國家瞭解及支持，並以具體行動助我。為了臺灣2,300萬人及全人類的健康，我們將持續努力。 臺灣的參與可以幫助WHO建立健全的全球衛生體系。近年來，臺灣已經成功的從一個國際援助的接受者轉變成為國際援助的提供者；現已建構完善的防疫體系，並辦理多場國際訓練營，以提升亞太及東南亞地區防疫量能，共同強化全球衛生安全。同時，臺灣也需要WHO，以守護臺灣、區域乃至全人類健康。臺灣參與WHA及WHO，將可與各國分享經驗，即時通報、取得疾病資訊，以及對全球衛生做出重要的貢獻，並達成臺灣、WHO與國際社會的多贏局面。 未來，臺灣將持續爭取國際社會之認同，秉持「專業、務實、有貢獻」之原則，持續積極爭取參與今年第72屆WHA及WHO相關技術性會議、機制及活動，以促成WHO「健康是基本人權」願景之早日實現。