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Avaaz, and the game-changer of our time


Things feel fragile right now. The world hasn’t seen this many refugees since world war 2. The politics of fear is rising. We’re decimating our planet — 95% of the mammals we’ve left alive are us, and the animals we breed to eat! And climate change threatens our very survival.

 

Rising to the moment in the climate march. Let’s build this magic in 2015!

And yet, never has the status and power of women been greater. Never before has more than half the human race lived in democracies. And we’ve cut global poverty in half in the last generation, and are on track to end it in this one. Never before has our human potential been so unleashed to decide our own fate.

Seems like, just when we’re on the edge of our dreams, our worst demons come. And we face a moment of choice and challenge – to rise, or fall.

This is our moment, our challenge to meet. There’s 40 million of us now, the largest campaigning community ever. This fall, millions of us changed the political game on climate change. It was magical. From politicians, media and people, I’m hearing the same thing – we’re bringing hope. And hope is exactly what our world is desperate for. It’s the game changer.

That hope and this precious community is made possible by just a few of us who choose to give a small weekly donation (the price of a cup of coffee) that covers all of our core costs.

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Enough! Rashad Robinson, ColorOfChange.org


A movement to end police violence and racial profiling is growing. Since the brutal police killing of 18-year-old Mike Brown, you and nearly 900,000 people have raised your voices demanding full accountability for Mike’s death and condemning the crisis of racially-motivated police violence. Today, ColorOfChange, Organization for Black Struggle, and dozens of other progressive groups will go to the White House to deliver your voice and that of 900,000 others calling on President Obama and US Attorney General Holder to secure justice for Mike Brown and commit to systemic changes to policing nationwide.

Your voice has made an incredible difference and your commitment to abolishing racially discriminatory policing has brought us all the way to the President’s door. And we won’t stop there.

Will you help us build power to secure #JusticeForMike Brown and federal reforms to end police brutality by calling on friends and family to join the campaign? Every voice counts.

Visit the link to share a powerful #JusticeForMikeBrown image with your friends and family

For the first time in years, federal officials are more engaged in addressing issues of police accountability and racial profiling. Now, we must act swiftly to leverage this critical moment and ensure that national leaders like President Obama and US Attorney General Holder bring Officer Wilson and other law enforcement who violate civil rights to justice.

Tomorrow, as we near the 9th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, we will gather in front of the White House to send a clear message that this administration, elected from the power of Black voters, has a duty and responsibility to protect Black lives and show the necessary leadership to end the national crisis of police brutality. As we saw in the aftermath of Katrina, the federal government’s response to issues impacting Black communities has life and death consequences for our families.

While hundreds gather at the White House, help show your support by growing the movement to secure #JusticeForMikeBrown and an end to racially-motivated police violence.

Thanks and Peace,

— Rashad, Matt, Arisha, Jamar, Lyla and the rest of the ColorOfChange team.
August 28, 2014

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Look what Republicans slipped into the bill


Late last night, the House of Representatives passed a $1 trillion spending package to keep the government running through September.  And they included in it a Wall Street giveaway that puts taxpayers back on the hook for banks’ risky bets.  We need to fight.
One of the important provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform law was pushing swaps out of taxpayer-insured depository institutions.  These swaps are essentially bets on things like the prices of commodities or financial instruments.
In 2008 when banks’ bets went bad, taxpayers bailed them out and ordinary Americans lost jobs, homes, and retirement savings.  That’s why the reforms pushed those risky activities out of the banks — if the bets go bad, taxpayers shouldn’t be at risk.
Now, in order to enrich a handful of the biggest banks in the world, the House is saying working families and small businesses across America should once again be put at risk. Let’s stand up and say no. Join the conversation on Facebook and voice your concern!
Putting this Wall Street giveaway into a must-pass bill to keep the government funded is the beginning of an all-out assault to roll back the reforms and turn the keys of our economy over to Wall Street once again.  We saw how that turned out last time.
We need an economy that is designed to create opportunity and success for middle class families, not one designed to enrich Wall Street at everyone else’s expense.
This kind of stealth effort to dismantle Dodd-Frank is unacceptable – let’s shine a light on this provision. Wall Street has its army of lobbyists; the American people have you. Join the conversation on Facebook and help spread the word.
Jeff
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Re: 6,000 miles


Arctic whales need you to speak up for them!

Gray Whale

Tell Secretary of State John Kerry to stand up for the Arctic!

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¡Amazonia Viva! Art and Action at COP20

¡Amazonia Viva! Art and Action at COP20
Yesterday hundreds of indigenouspeoples from communities across the Amazon joined together on a beach in Lima, Peru to create a massive “human banner” image to promote awareness about territorial rights for indigenouspeoples in the global climate conversation. Beneath the heat of the sun and to the sound of beating drums, indigenouspeoples and allies danced and rallied around a united message. Representatives from many Amazonian communities participatedin the creation of the banner includingShipibo,Asháninka,Achuar,Awajún,Munduruku,Guajajara,Kichwa andKampupiyawi.”Together we created a beautiful image of what we want to see in the world. We want our rights and territories respected here in Peru, across the Amazon and around the world,” said Juan Agustín Fernandez, leader of the Shipibo community of Cantagallo who participated in the creation of yesterday’s banner.

The artwork coincided with the UN COP20 climate summit. Indigenous peoples and allies worked together to form a design with their bodies displaying the words “Pueblos + Derechos = Bosques Vivos” (Peoples + Rights = Living Forests). Participants aim to send a message about the importance of territorial rights to decision-makers and world leaders.

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