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The hungry billion simply can’t wait.


The hungry billion simply can’t wait. Tell Obama to act now.

Sign the Petition

Last month, President Obama joined world leaders for the annual G20 summit to address some of the world’s most pressing problems, including global hunger.

What did our leaders accomplish?

Not enough.

Despite promises to dramatically reduce hunger, world leaders took no new steps to address the one billion people who go to bed hungry every night.

This inaction cannot be allowed to continue. The hungry billion simply can’t wait.

Sign our petition to President Obama urging him to build on his leadership on hunger, to keep his promises, and to become a true hunger hero >

This September, the president has a unique opportunity to show his commitment to ending hunger when he speaks at the United Nations summit to review progress on the Millennium Development Goals. Ten years ago world leaders promised to halve hunger by 2015. With only 5 years left to go there are more people hungry than ever before.

But it doesn’t have to be this way. Funding sustainable agriculture and nutrition programs could literally halve the number of people who go hungry every night.

Brazil is proof that this is possible. In just six years, they cut child hunger by 73%.

When President Obama steps up to the podium at the UN, we want him to call on the world community to end the hunger scandal and to take specific action to cut hunger in half by the 2015 deadline. Sign our petition today >

In partnership with the leading anti-poverty organization ActionAid, we are calling on President Obama to support a global rescue package for the hungry, and to specifically target women farmers and sustainable agriculture as a means to end global hunger forever.

Together, we’re launching a petition asking President Obama to take these steps. Our goal is to help ActionAid deliver at least 20,000 signatures before the UN summit in September.

Please join us and sign today >

Thanks for taking action,

– The Change.org team in partnership with ActionAid

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Breaking: DC court rejects anti-marriage initiative!


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What has HRC done for me lately?
HI – HRC and local groups fight for civil unions; Governor vetoes. More »
TX – Over 65,000 sign our petition to RNC Chairman Steele. More »
OH – HRC brings the DADT repeal fight to the Buckeye State. More »
DC – White House hosts students from HRC’s HBCU program. More »
US – HRC generates grassroots pressure on hospital visitation. More »
NY – HRC goes after lawmakers who voted against marriage. More »
US – HRC formally endorses Elena Kagan. More »
DC MARRIAGE
Big victory for marriage equality in DC! Today the DC Court of Appeals ruled against foes of DC marriage equality who had wanted to put an initiative on the ballot to invalidate same-sex marriages entered into in the District.
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ACT
By now you’ve heard about the Texas Republican Party’s outrageous platform, which says gays shouldn’t have custody of children and same-sex marriage should be punishable with jail time. Over 65,000 people have signed our petition asking RNC Chairman Michael Steele to reject this hateful rhetoric – but it’s been 22 days and still no answer. Let’s see if we can hit 75,000 – spread the word on Facebook or Twitter now!
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SUPPORT
The right wing will do whatever it can to stop our fight for fairness at every turn. HRC’s monthly donors know what it takes to keep the fight going – whether it’s advocating for the basic rights of same-sex couples from New York to Hawaii, countering the activities of extreme groups like the National Organization for Marriage, or electing pro-equality lawmakers. Give us the strength we need to pursue this campaign on all fronts by becoming an HRC Partner today.
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we won …OFA


Organizing for America

The Senate just passed Wall Street reform. The bill will become law the moment President Obama signs it.

This reform represents the boldest financial regulations since the aftermath of the Great Depression — and the strongest consumer protections in history.

Every door you knocked in Iowa, every phone call you made in Ohio, every dollar you dug deep to give — it’s all for this. The Recovery Act, health reform, and now Wall Street reform, on top of everything else. In a year and a half, this administration has made bigger, bolder progress than any president’s in decades.

We have a president who fights for all of us, every day. We have you, the best organizers this country has ever seen, who flooded Congress with calls and letters, had millions of conversations with friends and neighbors, went toe-to-toe with the country’s most powerful special interests — and won.

And we have members of Congress who bravely stood with the President, even as right-wing groups have pledged $200 million to defeat them in November’s elections.

First, take a moment to celebrate. This is an achievement that will make American lives better and protect our economy for generations to come, and it absolutely wouldn’t have happened without you.

Then, take a moment to thank the members of Congress who stood with us and supported these landmark reforms. In the coming days, they’ll be taking a lot of heat for defying Wall Street — and they need to know they have our gratitude.

Organizing for America supporters are signing a note of thanks to Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and all of the allies in Congress who stood up for reform.

Will you add your name?

http://my.barackobama.com/WSRVictory

We’ll deliver these signatures to leaders in Congress who supported reform, after the President signs this into law.

Thanks for all you did to get us here. I’m so grateful to be making history with you, and I know the President is as well.

Mitch

Mitch Stewart
Director
Organizing for America

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Video: Mr. Karder goes to Washington …Repower America


What keeps me fighting is the folks we’re fighting for.

And one story that’s stuck with me is Michael Karder’s. He’s struggling to bring manufacturing jobs back to Akron, Ohio building wind turbines — because he knows clean energy is the future of our economy.

This video is exactly why I’m in this movement — and you should see it.

Watch Michael Karder’s story and help him fight for our clean energy future.

Michael’s voice and the voices of others like him are so powerful that next week we’re planning to bring hundreds of Americans — Gulf Coast residents, veterans and clean energy manufacturers — to Washington, D.C. to remind our Senators why they need to be champions for clean energy and climate.

But their voices will be even more powerful if we join ours with theirs.

You can stand with these real American voices for clean energy by signing our letter to the Senate demanding strong climate and clean energy legislation, and our grassroots advocates will deliver it during their meetings in the Senate.

We already have 67,000 signatures — ask your friends and family to sign on and support people like Michael.

It’s bewildering that despite catastrophic disasters and undeniable public outrage, so many Senators are still struggling to find their backbone on comprehensive climate and clean energy legislation.

Next week, we’re going to remind them why we need action in a powerful way, and you can be a part of it.

Watch Michael’s story and ask your friends and family to add their names before we deliver it to the Senate

Thanks,

David Boundy
Campaign Manager
The Climate Protection Action Fund’s Repower America

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Meet your Republican Congress


Yesterday, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce — a right-wing political group representing large corporations — proposed what it’s calling an economic recovery plan. Take a look:

  • Privatize Social Security
  • Cut taxes for the rich
  • Log the national forests
  • Expand offshore gas and oil drilling
  • Privatize highways and waterways

Look familiar? That’s what the agenda of a Republican Congress looks like and the Chamber of Commerce plans to spend more than $50 million to make it a reality.

Only people-powered campaigns can compete against that sort of money — they’re the only thing that ever have.

The Chamber can run ads now through Election Day, but nothing is more effective than committed volunteers talking to their family, friends and neighbors — and that’s exactly why DFA is launching Dean Corps. We’ll organize people on the ground to talk to voters and get out the vote.

BEAT BACK A REPUBLICAN CONGRESS — CONTRIBUTE NOW

With Dean Corps, we’re placing trained staff on the ground in campaigns across the country. These organizers will recruit and train volunteers to make phone calls, knock on doors and get out the vote through Election Day.

DFA members have long been the boots on the ground — putting grassroots campaigns over the top — for candidates up and down the ballot in all 50 states. This week, DFA members contributed the resources to put an organizer on the ground in Texas to beat George Bush’s hand-picked successor for Governor, Rick Perry.

Now, it’s up to you to decide how many congressional campaigns we back up with staff on the ground — Elaine Marshall in North Carolina? Joe Sestak in Pennsylvania? Ann McLane Kuster in New Hampshire? House races in California, Washington, Florida?

CONTRIBUTE RIGHT NOW TO FUEL OUR PEOPLE-POWERED CAMPAIGN AND BEAT BACK BIG CORPORATIONS

Grassroots people-power can beat big money. Support Dean Corps today to make it happen.

Thank you for everything you do.

-Levana

Levana Layendecker, Communications Director
Democracy for America