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• Commend California for Providing Transgender Student Accommodations

  
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  Target: Tom Ammiano, California Assemblyman Goal: Thank California assembly for signing a bill that promotes transgender equality The California assembly recently approved a bill that will provide proper accommodations for transgender students. The bill gives students the right to participate on sports teams and ...
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• Discontinue Animal Dissection at Nation’s Second-Largest Community College

  
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  Target: President of Northern Virginia Community College, Dr. Robert Templin, Jr. Goal: Discontinue the dissection of animals in biology classes Animal dissection in science classes is nothing new.  Many schools across the nation are discontinuing this practice, but the United States’ second-largest community ...
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• Applaud ABC News for Supporting Transgender Employee

  
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  Target: ABC News President, Ben Sherwood Goal: Thank ABC for its acceptance of transgender people in the workplace. Dawn Stacey Ennis (formerly Don Ennis), an ABC News editor, recently announced her transition into womanhood by dressing the part at work. Ennis’ co-workers and ABC News executives supported her ...
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• Demand Action Against Air Force Lieutenant Charged With Sexual Battery

  
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  Target : General Mark A. Welsh III, Chief of Staff of the Air Force Goal : Demand the Air Force take immediate, severe, punitive action against lieutenant charged with sexual battery. Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Krusinski, head of the U.S. Air Force’s anti-sexual assault unit was recently arrested and charged with ...
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• Allow Teenagers Better Access to Mental and Sexual Healthcare

  
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  Target : North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory Goal : To stop a bill that would require parental consent for STD testing in North Carolina The North Carolina General Assembly recently approved a bill that would require parents to approve all teenage access to STD testing, treatment, mental health counseling, ...
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• Save the Critically Endangered Yellow-Legged Frog

  
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  Target: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Goal: Save the Sierra Nevada Yellow-Legged frog from extinction Over the last century, the Sierra Nevada Yellow-Legged Frog population has declined by 90%.  Once common, the frog is now considered endangered by the state of California.  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...
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• Applaud L.A. Times For Avoiding Dehumanizing Language When Discussing Immigration

  
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  Target : Eddy W. Hartenstein, Publisher and Chief Executive Officer, L.A. Times Goal : Applaud L.A. Times for prohibiting the use of terms such as “illegal immigrants” or “undocumented immigrants” in articles. The Los Angeles Times recently announced that it would be putting an end to the use of terms such ...
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• Demand Legislators Uphold Constitution and Enforce Gun Laws

  
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  Target : Missouri State Legislators and Governor Jay Nixon Goal : Demand Adherence to Existing Federal Gun Laws This week, Missouri State lawmakers passed a radical new measure which would “nullify” federal gun laws and criminalize efforts to enforce them in the state. This new bill would allow concealed ...
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• Commend Principal for Improving School by Firing Security Guards and Reinstating Arts

  
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  Target: Andrew Bott, Principal of Orchard Gardens Elementary School Goal: Applaud the decision to rid school of guards and reinstate arts programs Orchard Gardens, a kindergarten through eighth grade elementary school, opened in 2003 in the community of Roxbury, Massachusetts. Despite ambitious hopes for the new ...
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• Encourage Positive Jordanian and Israeli Diplomatic Relations

  
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  Target:  National Democratic Institute Program Leader Lindsay Workman Goal : Urge Jordan to reconsider its decision to reduce diplomatic relations with Israel. Jordanian Parliament has unanimously voted to expel Israel’s Ambassador from Jordan, and to remove Jordanian Ambassadors from Israel. This is a step in ...
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• The Sea of Troubles Continues to Boil in the Ogden School District This Morning

  
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  The plot sickens; 250 "reading coaches" tossed overboard OSD "Captain" Smith The "sea of troubles" continues to boil in and around the Ogden City School District this morning, in the wakes of Ogden School Superintendent Brad Smiths Ogden School District Media Specialist/librarian Massacre ...
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• Give College Students the Same Interest Rate as Big Banks

  
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  Target: Senator Elizabeth Warren and members of Congress Goal:  Allow college students the same interest rate for federal student loans that big banks receive when borrowing from the Federal Reserve. Senator Elizabeth Warren recently introduced a bill that proposes college students receive the same interest rates ...
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• Protect Near-Extinct Indian Vultures

  
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  Target: Pranab Mukherjee, President of India Goal: Protect the endangered vultures of India In the past fifteen years, three species of Indian vultures have declined by a cumulative 97% – one of which has declined by a frightening 99%.  Once populous, these vulture species are now very close to extinction.  ...
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• High School Must Overturn Suspension of Student for Inoffensive Twitter Message

  
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  Target : Heights High School Principal Bruce Deterding Goal : Allow Wesley Teague, a student suspended for a Twitter message about his school football team, to return to school Recently, 18-year-old Wesley Teague, a student at Heights High School in Wichita, Kansas, was suspended after putting a message on Twitter ...
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• Demand Justice for Severely Burned Puppies

  
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  Target: Booneville, Mississippi police department Goal: Find and prosecute the criminal responsible for severely burning two puppies Recently, two puppies from Booneville, Mississippi became victims of animal cruelty. These two puppies sustained severe injuries when they were burned with hot grease. The ...
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• Return Life-Saving Medicine To Cancer Patients

  
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  Target: Margaret Hamburg, FDA Commissioner Goal : Provide cancer patients at Camelot Cancer Care  with the medicine they paid for A medical clinic in Oklahoma that utilizes natural methods to treat cancer patients was recently raided by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation ...
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• Don’t Require Parental Consent for Sensitive Teen Health Care

  
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  Target : Chris Whitmire, North Carolina State Representative Goal:  Don’t require written parental consent for teenagers to see a doctor regarding sensitive issues of sexual and mental health The North Carolina legislature has proposed a bill that would require teens to get notarized, written parental consent to ...
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• Protect Nicaragua’s Most Priceless Rainforest

  
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  Target: President of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega Goal: Strictly enforce laws against illegal logging and settling in Nicaragua’s Bosawas Biosphere Reserve The famed Bosawas Biosphere Reserve in Nicaragua, also known as the Cloud Forest, is the largest tropical rainforest in Central America. The United Nations has ...
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• Establish Realistic Standards of Drivers’ Marijuana Impairment

  
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  Target:   Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper Goal:   Use realistic THC-blood limit standards and roadside tests to determine driver impairment. The Colorado Senate recently passed a bill establishing the THC-blood limit of 5 nanograms for motorists to qualify for the charge driving under the influence (DUI). ...
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• Stop the Sale of Bee-Killing Pesticides

  
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  Targets:  Home Depot and Lowe’s Goal:  Prevent the sale of bee-killing pesticides at America’s top two home and garden supply stores. Across the United States, bee populations are dying off, threatening dozens of food crops that rely on bees to pollinate them. Though many factors have contributed to the ...
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