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Corporate Accountability
Challenge water abuses worldwide, help challenge the influence of big tobacco and urge the U.S. to ratify the first global health treaty.
Corporate Accountability International
Death Penalty
Direct links to email governors, legislators and state leaders to voice concerns about pending executions.
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty – National Execution Alert
U.S. Death Penalty Enacts Terror, Not Justice
https://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/17135-us-death-penalty-enacts-terror-not-justice
Environmental Justice
Deepening Our Ecological Consciousness
An Annotated Resource List
MEC provides a collective voice for the environment at the local, state and federal levels.
Michigan Environmental Council
VIDEO: Why Tim DeChristopher Went to Prison for His Protest
https://billmoyers.com/segment/why-tim-dechristopher-went-to-prison-for-his-protest/
Global Economy
Become a part of Green America’s “Fair Trade Alliance” and learn how you can promote fair trade where you live.
Green America’s Fair Trade Program
Monthly actions to promote 100 percent debt cancellation for impoverished countries.
Global Warming
Transcript of President Obama’s Remarks on Climate Change
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/06/25/remarks-president-climate-change
VIDEOS: Climate Change – Lines of Evidence
https://nas-sites.org/americasclimatechoices/videos-multimedia/climate-change-lines-of-evidence-videos/
Haiti
News updates on the ongoing conflict in Haiti. It is also one of the best resources for current action to promote justice, peace and democracy in Haiti.
Haiti Action Committee
Hunger/Food Security
Campaign updates, reports and online actions on issues such as sustainable agriculture, biotechnology and anti-biotic resistance.
Union of Concerned Scientists – Food and Agriculture
Israeli/Palestinian Conflict
The United States campaign to end the Israelie occupation
Media
Periodic action updates on important issues such as media consolidation, preservation of independent media and protection of public broadcasting. The site also features an interactive map that you can click on to find alerts on media issues specific to your state.
Free Press Action Center
Download the site’s media activism kit and use its media contact list for TV, radio, newspaper, magazine and news service contacts.
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
Social Security/Healthcare
Sign up to receive notices when action is needed on time-sensitive issues relating to Medicaid and Medicare.
Families USA Health Action Network
Undoing Racism
Good Food and Good Jobs for All: Challenges and Opportunities to Advance Racial and Economic Equity in the Food System
https://www.arc.org/content/view/2229/217/
United States Budget Priorities
Network Legislative Action Center
Additional resources
Why Lobby? – Friends Committee on National Legislation
For Activists, Tips in Safe Use of Social Media – Austin Considine