Spending more DNC money and political capital than we raise from for-profit corporate interests defending our receipt of for-profit corporate checks is a bad business proposition. Rather, we should welcome individual participation believing that each of us are equal at the ballot box and at the DNC. The DNC has the chance to make a powerful structural change in that direction at its February 13-16, 2019 meeting in Washington, DC. Already, over twenty DNC members have signed on to a resolution, authored by DNC Member Christine Pelosi, to do so. The full text of the Resolution is below, along with the names of the co-sponsors. We need to tell the DNC: Save our democracy! Uphold people over PACs! Reject for-profit corporate PAC donations! Pass the Resolution! RESOLUTION TO EMPOWER GRASSROOTS DEMOCRATS WITH A CORPORATE PAC-FREE DNC SUBMITTED BY Christine Pelosi, California Alexandra Chalupa, At Large Larry Cohen, At Large James Zogby, At Large Becca Doten, California Michael Kapp, California Sandra Lowe, California Melahat Rafiei, California Susie Shannon, California Jeri Shepard, Colorado Terry Tucker, Colorado Chris Reeves, Kansas Michelle Deatrick, Michigan Winston Apple, Missouri Persephone Dakopolos, Missouri Megan Green, Missouri Ron Kaminski, Nebraska Jane Kleeb, Nebraska Frank LaMere, Nebraska Patty Zieg, Nebraska Senator Nina Turner, Ohio Valdez Bravo, Oregon Travis Nelson, Oregon Tanya Shively, Oregon Kat Hoang, Texas Daisy Thomas, Utah Terje Anderson, Vermont Yasmine Taeb, Virginia Khary Penebaker, Wisconsin Andrew Werthmann, Wisconsin Jessica Chambers, Wyoming WHEREAS, millions of Americans voted in a "blue wave" of Democrats ready to work for the people and restore integrity in government - including dozens of candidates elected to party and public office from sea to shining sea who ran on a platform to End Citizens United, take no corporate PAC money, and empower individuals over corporate interests; and WHEREAS, as President Barack Obama said in his farewell address, "When trust in our institutions is low, we should reduce the corrosive influence of money in our politics, and insist on the principles of transparency and ethics in public service;" and WHEREAS, many of our most engaged activists believe that a pledge to take no for-profit corporate PAC money will gain the trust and support of millions of grassroots donors and revive our national party during the critical 2020 presidential election; THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Democratic National Committee acts to revive trust in our Party by reaffirming President Obama's BAN on for-profit corporate PAC donations to the DNC, placing us in line with the sentiments of our diverse grassroots Democrats so that more people's voices can be heard at the DNC and across the country; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chair or his designee report on a quarterly basis to the public and this body on our party's compliance with this resolution.

For 4 years I have been trying to get a behavior coach to attend school with my two adopted children, who come from a background of severe neglect that led to them being removed from their home. For 4 years I have been trying to get them help in the school. The school does not have the tools to deal with my children's behaviors. This is obvious by the constant calls and emails from their teachers and principal. This could be an incredible help to the school (as mentioned by the principal and their teachers) and to me, as I could be working outside of the home without the calls while at work. I had to quit last year because of the needs of my children. I just started working again and have had to remind myself why I stopped working in the first place. Please help this family out!

This is a petition to encourage lawmakers to make voting day a national holiday. It is important that everyone gets a chance to make it to the polls. No more: taking off work, getting up extra early, juggling daycare or having to pick up the kids at school. It just makes sense! And oh so patriotic!

Russell Sage College should remain true to its original mission of developing the skills of women in a single-sex environment. Women's colleges are STILL highly relevant and needed in today's society, as the battle for women's rights is NOT finished. Studies have shown the benefits to women who attend women's colleges, and the numbers of existing women's colleges in the US is already dwindling. I refuse to financially support the decision to turn Russell Sage College coeducational.

So many people have decided to throw their hat in the ring to be POTUS in 2020, but none of them have the skill, vision, or courage to confront the challenges like Stacey Abrams.

A man has been Wrongfully incarcerated for 43 years. Its a injustice to this nation every second this man is not free!

Due to the closure of The Josh Gibson Center, VITA will need to find another location in May 2019. We will need another Free Space in order to continue helping our community with FREE VITA Tax Preparation & Audit Assistance. We have provided this Free service for 11 years, we have averaged bringing back over 1.5 million dollars per year to our local area. Please sign the petition to show both our City and County Commissioners just how important this program is and how we desperately need to preserve it, especially since our entire staff consists of all volunteers who donate their time to help our fellow community members. Thank You for your support and patronage.

We want to start this petition because we think it is unfair that we wear outerwear especially because white is a part of our logo. I see no reason why we can't wear white.

We must ban conversion therapy in Nebraska! This harmful 'therapy' is a set of practices that intend to change a person's sexuality or gender identity to fit heterosexual or cisgender standards and expectations, and it is usually religiously motivated. According to TC, a 19-year-old gay man who spoke to the Huffington Post anonymously to protect his safety gave the following depiction of his experience of conversion therapy in 2012 (he was 15 years old at the time): "they deconstruct us as a person. Aversion therapy, shock therapy, harassment, and occasional physical abuse. Their goal was to get us to hate ourselves for being LGBTQ, and they knew what they were doing . . . The second step, they rebuilt us in their image. They removed us of everything that made us a unique person, and instead made us a walking talking, robot for Jesus." Currently, 15 states and Washington D.C. have banned conversion therapy. Those include Connecticut, California, Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon, Illinois, Vermont, New York, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Washington, Maryland, Hawaii, New Hampshire, and Delaware. The following medical and mental health professional organizations oppose conversion therapy: - American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - American Academy of Pediatrics - American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy - American College of Physicians - American Counseling Association - American Medical Association - American Psychiatric Association - American Psychoanalytic Association - American Psychological Association - American School Counselor Association - National Association of Social Workers - Pan American Health Organization

Trump is responsible for the longest government shutdown in our nation's history, and while federal workers saw some reprieve getting back-pay, millions of lower-wage hourly federal contract workers who were furloughed have no guarantee of back-pay for the time they were unable to work. The contractors were expected to go into debt in their paid time off or were simply without work and pay for weeks on end. As a former hourly hotel worker, I understand all too well the reality of living paycheck to paycheck and the struggle to make ends meet. This shutdown has further exacerbated these challenges for the millions of lower-wage service workers and their families across the country who have had to take on second and third jobs just to keep the bills paid and food on the table. This is unacceptable, because this primarily affects women, people of color, immigrants, and low-income folks. Furloughed federal government contract service workers should not have to pay, feel financial strain, and worry about their very livelihood because of the government was held hostage to promote ineffective, racist policies. I introduced The Fair Compensation for Low-Wage Contractor Employees Act of 2019 in the House of Representatives (H.R. 678) in partnership with Representative Holmes-Norton (D-DC) along with fellow co-sponsors Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Jesus "Chuy" Garcia (D-IL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Joe Kennedy III (D-MA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Jerry Nadler (D-NY), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Don Norcross (D-NJ), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), John Sarbanes (D-MD), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Bobby Scott (D-VA), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Lori Trahan (D-MA), David Trone (D-MD), Jeff Van Drew (D-NJ), Nydia Velasquez (D-NY), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ). This is the companion bill to S. 162, introduced by Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN), which was introduced in the Senate and has 36 sponsors currently.

We the undersigned residents of Montville Township, do hereby request the Montville Township Committee to acquire the land commonly known as 205 and 207 Changebridge Road with the use of Open Space funds. The land in question is in immediate danger of high-density business development. As there has not been an Open Space purchase in the last 7 years and an Open Space tax collection in this time period of over $12 million, we insist that the Township acquire one of the last upland parcels left in lower Montville. Besides protecting wetland habitat and greenspace, this farmland is ideally suited for any number of uses which would be beneficial to all Montville residents. One such use would be community gardens. This would free up land at the Community Park for other active recreation such as tennis along with sorely needed additional parking. Montville Township is renowned for its dedication to the preservation of open space and natural habitats. We implore you to act swiftly on this matter and maintain the rural nature of our Town that we all have come to love and enjoy.

Many suburbs surrounding DeKalb allow residents to raise a small number of chickens for a healthy source of eggs (including Naperville, St. Charles, and Batavia). Everyone should have the right to know that their eggs come from healthy and cared for chickens that are free from hormones and antibiotics if they choose.