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An aggregator for online activism and information to help bring about change. Tools for your activist toolbox. More at http://www.coolcatsforchange.com.
I just wrote a @theactionnet letter: CMS Must Indefinitely Extend Full Telehealth Services. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/exte...
CMS Must Indefinitely Extend Full Telehealth Services
Join us in urging Congress to extend telehealth services indefinitely through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Currently, funding for telehealth services through the Medicare program wi...
actionnetwork.org
December 15, 2024 at 7:55 PM
Help stop road construction through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge! The Izembek Refuge hosts hundreds of migratory bird species from every continent across the globe that feed among its rich eelgrass beds before carrying out their long journeys.

support.defenders.org/s/3130968/D7...
Act Now: Help stop road construction through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge!
Protect wildlife who depend on the Izembek Refuge: Sign your message to the Interior Secretary today!
support.defenders.org
December 15, 2024 at 7:47 PM
By stocking Israeli products, Trader Joe’s supports a system that perpetuates suffering. Now is the time to act. Tell Trader Joe’s to Stop Carrying Israeli Products! www.codepink.org/traderjoes
Tell Trader Joe’s to Stop Carrying Israeli Products
As the Israeli genocide continues to devastate Gaza and the broader Middle East, companies like Trader Joe’s must take a stand. By stocking Israeli products, Trader Joe’s supports a system that perpet...
www.codepink.org
December 15, 2024 at 7:28 PM
The gov't shouldn’t be allowed to spy on the press, seize journalists’ phone & email records, or compel them to expose their sources. A federal bill to protect journalists – the PRESS Act – is stalled in the Senate.

Please sign the petition today!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/pa...
December 15, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Implement Mandatory Seasonal Slowdowns for Commercial Ships in Whale Zones - Sign the Petition! chng.it/kXtYWppKbZ via @Change
Sign the Petition
Implement Mandatory Seasonal Slowdowns for Commercial Ships in Whale Zones
chng.it
December 8, 2024 at 8:36 PM
CLIMATE CHANGE: Your voice is your power. Let lululemon know why fossil fuels and greenwashing have no place in your future or closet. Call on lululemon to do the right thing. via stand.earth

#ClimateAction #Petition

act.stand.earth/page/29285/p...
lululemon is a coalprit
lululemon is not practicing what it preaches – it’s making yoga pants in coal-powered factories & producing massive pollution. Add your name and tell lululemon to "be all in" for the climate.
act.stand.earth
December 8, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Read the @amnesty report recognizing the barbaric assault on the occupied & oppressed people of Palestine & Gaza specifically as a #genocide.

www.amnestyusa.org/wp-content/u...
December 8, 2024 at 8:00 PM
The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 plan for the next administration is full of scary stuff. But there is one provision that we can nip in the bud, right now. #freedomofthepress
secure.rightsanddissent.org/a/tell-senat...
Tell Senator Schumer: Bring the PRESS Act to the Senate floor!
Demand Congress defend press freedom!
secure.rightsanddissent.org
September 15, 2024 at 2:23 PM
#Climatechange is an existential threat, yet the US military remains the world's largest institutional user of fossil fuels & emitter of greenhouse gasses. Sign this petition to cancel air shows and protect us from the climate crisis!
act.350.org/sign/350-NO-...
Tell the Navy and Air Force: Cancel Air Shows!
As the U.S. is experiencing yet another year of record-breaking heat waves, droughts, and floods, military air shows that burn millions of tons of fossil fuels are still going ahead. Military air show...
act.350.org
September 15, 2024 at 2:12 PM
We still need help getting Congresspersons to restore funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). Without these funds, millions of refugees from Gaza to Lebanon will lose life-saving assistance. Act NOW!

unrwausa.salsalabs.org/unrwafunding...
UNRWA Funding Emergency Restoration Act of 2024
Our country has an obligation to protect and assist refugees. Urge your reps to uphold international humanitarian law and restore humanitarian funding to Palestine refugees through UNRWA.
unrwausa.salsalabs.org
September 15, 2024 at 1:58 PM
Why are arms dealers in board rooms of companies? Check this out! genocidegentry.org
#militarism #weaponskill #genocide
Genocide Gentry
genocidegentry.org
September 15, 2024 at 1:45 PM
PALESTINE: We still need your help getting original co-sponsors to support restoring US funding for UNRWA. Without these funds, millions of refugees from Gaza to Lebanon will lose life-saving assistance. Act NOW!

unrwausa.salsalabs.org/unrwafunding...
UNRWA Funding Emergency Restoration Act of 2024
Our country has an obligation to protect and assist refugees. Urge your reps to uphold international humanitarian law and restore humanitarian funding to Palestine refugees through UNRWA.
unrwausa.salsalabs.org
August 26, 2024 at 5:41 PM
ACTION: Despite the Endangered Species Act's successes, it is facing unrelenting attacks. Anti-wildlife politicians are attempting to undermine this law. We are fighting an uphill battle to keep the animals we love alive. @Defenders
Click here to sign: act.defenders.org/page/71441/-/1
Protect America’s Wildlife
For more than 70 years, Defenders of Wildlife has battled to protect threatened and endangered species. Join me in supporting Defenders of Wildlife’s work to protect imperiled wildlife!
act.defenders.org
August 26, 2024 at 5:26 PM
We won’t let @FIFACom
ignore Israel’s:
- #GazaGenocide killing 40,000 Palestinians;
- sporticide killing 100s of Palestinian footballers and wiping out sports facilities;
- illegal settlement teams.
We won’t stop calling to #BanIsrael.
August 26, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Stand with Olympian Imane Khelif Against Unjust Treatment - Sign the Petition! chng.it/vSgyWZhjvT via @Change
Sign the Petition
Inspired by the fortitude and resilience of Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, I write this petition personally, driven by the need to address the unfair hate that accompanies her Olympic journey. Imane, a ...
chng.it
August 9, 2024 at 7:26 PM
Tell your representatives to reject Netanyahu’s scheduled July 24th speech. He is a war criminal & shouldn't address Congress. The ICC is seeking an arrest warrant for him that alone should make it a no-go. actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

#genocide #palestine
Tell Congress: #ProtestTheSpeech by Israeli war criminal Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of genocidal Israel, will give a joint address to Congress in DC on July 24, 2024. Since October, Netanyahu has ordered the mass murder of at least 45,000 Pales...
actionnetwork.org
July 9, 2024 at 9:49 PM
TRANS RIGHTS: Sign the petition asking Congress to pass the Trans Bill of Rights to protect the health, safety, and freedom of trans people in this country.
actionnetwork.org/forms/trans-...
July 1, 2024 at 5:08 PM
Kewpie make cage-free your global standard! - Sign the Petition! chng.it/2dk25LGNPD

via @Change #cagefree #animalabuse
Sign the Petition
EN | JA Customers around the world are urging Kewpie Corporation to extend its commitment to cage-free eggs by making a global commitment that is in line with industry standards. Kewpie has already co...
chng.it
June 11, 2024 at 9:52 PM
Tell your Rep to sign on to an Amendment to protect #whistleblowers. #takeaction

Via @RightsDissent
secure.rightsanddissent.org/a/fix-espion...
Tell Congress: Fix the Espionage Act!
secure.rightsanddissent.org
June 11, 2024 at 9:49 PM
ACTION: On May 26, the Israeli military carried out a massacre in Rafah & it hasn't stopped. Write to Congress to demand an arms embargo and an end to military funding to Israel NOW.

Link: act.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/a/arms-embar...

Adapted from @jewishvoiceforpeace #genocide #gaza
Tell Congress: Arms Embargo Now.
act.jewishvoiceforpeace.org
May 29, 2024 at 8:15 PM
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New #podcast - Jill Stein in Rochester
Download the Show Here: traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bedas...

Audio from (probable) Green Party candidate for President,
@DrJillStein.  Recorded on April 12, 2024. Get more information at jillstein2024.com.
April 14, 2024 at 4:21 AM
ACTION: Demand an Immediate, Permanent and Unconditional Ceasefire.

via - Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee

support.adc.org/TBSf-4x-aUuh... 

#Palestine #CeasefireNOW #WorldWar3
April 14, 2024 at 8:34 PM
One Guantanamo detainee has been cleared for release for 14 years, yet languishes in the prison. 15 other detainees are also cleared for release, but the State Department is asleep at the wheel.

Tell the State Department to finally close Guantanamo!

secure.rightsanddissent.org/a/take-actio...
April 5, 2024 at 2:57 AM
Urgent call to improve Access to drinkable water in Gaza #H2O4GAZA - Sign the Petition!

chng.it/njGgszdb
Sign the Petition
Our Plea:We, a global community, urgently call on the Israeli government to open its water supply facilities to maximum capacity and provide essential support for the reconstruction of water desalinat...
chng.it
April 1, 2024 at 5:11 PM