AARP must immediately end its funding of the extremist conservative front group ALEC, which pumps out right-wing draft legislation that directly undermines the interests of senior citizens and retirees—or risk losing its positive reputation from its own members and in the court of public opinion.

The people of the country of the United States of America hereby demand that you end the unlawful and un-Constitutional PRISM program that spies on the citizens of the country and the world. "An evil act, meant to be used for good, is still an evil act, and will lead to more of the same."

Tell the producers and stars of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" to reserve 2-4 minutes of their enormous audience's attention and show a film short for the earth that issues the strongest possible plea for immediate climate action

Don't pass Kill at Will law in the State of Iowa.

The mayor assigns the police chief and it’s his decision alone. When Stoney appointed Blackwell and now Gerard Smith from NC he has said both times he’s picked the right “man” for the job. Smith doesn’t know the Richmond community. Maybe a man isn’t equipped for this job. Richmond has never had a female chief Maybe the community should have some weigh. I’d like to give my 2 cents. Carol Adams has been a Richmond police officer for over 20 years. Weighing at 100 pounds this African American grandmother has never in her career injured a person, used lethal force and you’d be very hard to find a single person who’s met her with a bad word to say about her. But that’s not why she’s the right WOMAN. Carol knows hardship, pain, police negligence/misconduct and has paid dearly for it. Growing up in central Virginia, carols childhood wasn’t good. Her father was incredibly abusive, he’d beat her mother without mercy. Carol took many of these blows as a child trying to protect her mother. Back then DV wasn’t handled like it is today, if you can imagine it was much worse. Her and her siblings would call the police on their father, who’d do nothing. At the age of 17, her father (with her and her siblings in the home), fatally shot her mother numerous times. To this day Carol can still hear the pop, pop, pop of his gun, when she was a child her in her room. She knew he’d killed her without leaving her bedroom, he’d threatened to do it most of her life and he finally came through with that promise. Back then there was no DV that could help their family. The police made unconscionable comments about her mothers body. Carol didn’t dislike the police, she hated them. With time and help from her faith she realized, “if not me then who; if not now then when”? Carol joined the police department to make a difference. So her story wouldn’t be echoed again. Carol then created the Carol Adams Foundation dealing directly with domestic violence. She’s a well known person in communities that are often over looked, and she’s known not for being a cop but for being a part of the community. Carol was one of the first Domestic Violence nonprofits to provide equal services to men, LGBTQ community and to treat the entire family for domestic violence. In her words, we can’t just help the victim we must help the children and everyone who’s been impacted by DV. Throughout the covid crisis Carol has worked 12 hour overnight shifts to immediately go to Gilpin court to give out masks, food and other needed supplies to the community. If she’s not there then she’s helping victims and families of domestic violence, working in her community center that provides FREE daycare and educational programs to kids and adults, with her grandbabies and somewhere in between, finds time to sleep. To relive your trauma, anger everyday to help others take a strong person. It takes a selfless person. Carol is the epitome of making lemonade out of lemons. If Carol has personally taught me anything, that I will keep in my heart until I die it’s that kindness, compassion and empathy are the strongest things a person can have and everything I do I try to do with kindness (I’m not perfect but I’m trying). Candidly I don’t know if I lived through what Carol did I could be so kind. I can tell you first hand Carol has gone without to help vulnerable people. I’ve seen her do this with my own eyes. She’d literally take every stitch of clothing and dollar she had to help someone in need. But don’t take my word for it, ask the 100s of children, the women who’ve been beaten, ignored and left for dead or the folks in the community. Carols hated her father. While in prison for murdering her beautiful petite mother he was released early after developing terminal cancer, and he had nowhere to go. So Carol took him in and cared for him until he died. Because she needed to do the right thing, swallow that pain, anger and loss and be the better person. That alone is a level of love I don’t think I or most people I know would have the capacity for. That’s a saintly act right there.

On Saturday, May 30, 2020, during the first week of protests surrounding the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis Police, protesters in Nashville took matters into their own hands and toppled the statue of devout segregationist Edward W. Carmack. His statue stood in front of the State House since 1927, and its removal symbolizes our desire to purge our state of hateful shrines. Edward Carmack was a newspaper publisher turned U.S. Senator in Nashville, Tennessee. He often incited violence against black Tennesseans in his paper, The Nashville Tennessean. On several occasions, he singled out Ida B. Wells, co-founder of the NAACP and the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement”. His provocations and threats eventually forced Ida to leave the South in fear of her own life. Ida B. Wells is the embodiment of grace and courage, while Carmack is the essence of hatred and racism. Ida is a Pulitzer Prize winner, civil rights pioneer, businesswoman, and an example for all of us to live by. For these reasons, we support the funding and installation of an Ida B. Wells monument in the same place where her assaulters’ statue once stood. Please sign and share this petition to help preserve the legacy of one of the greatest Tennesseans who ever lived.

Victims of catastrophic injury or disease, unable to work, should have state and federal benefits raising their income to no less than the poverty level. The budget should come from the tax on marijuana, California's biggest cash crop. Patients for whom voters first legitimized marijuana should be first in line to receive financial support from the expanding cannabis industry.

Increase course offerings in sustainability at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and make sustainability courses a required part of the undergraduate and graduate Environmental Science/Studies and Business degrees.

Stop the sale of the YMCA building at 250 Mamaroneck Avenue.

Dear Rochester Board of Education Commissioners, As you all have been notified, the following happened on August 26, 2012: Rochester Board of Education Commissioner Mary Adams, Mr. Hubert Wilkerson, and Commissioner Adams' husband, Mr. Ricardo Adams, charged into a community meeting in Rochester, NY where four Community Education Task Force (CETF) members were present. During the incident, which occurred at 6:46 PM on Sunday, August 26, 2012, Mr. Adams came in shouting, and verbally abused, threatened, and bullied the four Community Education Task Force members while Commissioner Adams stood by, watched, and said nothing. The following were Mr. Adams' exact words to us (verbatim): "If any of you mother f-ers come within 10 ft of my wife outside of a school board meeting, there's gonna be drama. I'm telling you, you're gonna have problems. Bunch of sorry, lying mother f-ers." I’m sure that you and the other Rochester Board of Education members will agree that, especially in light of the Rochester City School District's anti-bullying policy as well as ethics, morality, and civility in general, participation in and allowing this grossly inappropriate behavior is unbecoming and unacceptable for a School Board Commissioner. Commissioner Adams, Mr. Adams, and Mr. Wilkerson are aware that young children frequently attend these weekly Sunday meetings. It is fortunate that none were present on August 26th. Considering the circumstances outlined above and to prevent a harmful precedent from being set in regards to elected officials’ behavior in the community, I respectfully request that you and the other Board Commissioners compel Commissioner Adams to at least issue a written, public apology. A public apology is warranted as her involvement and participation in such reckless, irresponsible, and unprofessional action condoned the incident described above. Commissioner Adams has also caused an unnecessary hardship on a community group, the Community Education Task Force, which she helped establish, actively participated in and endorsed prior to her election. (Copied to New York State Commissioner of Education and New York State Board of Regents)