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Please go to this directory to take action (all actions): Actions to Take for Peace & Justice – Biweekly Bulletin
Archived single actions below:
February 2019
- Tell Congress: Support Sen Markey & Rep Ocasio-Cortez’s resolution for a Green New Deal
- Donald Trump’s ban on transgender people in the military is hateful, bigoted, and pointless.
Currently, there are as many as 15,000 transgender service members in the U.S. military and 134,000 veterans. Transgender people have served honorably in Iraq, Afghanistan, and in countless other conflicts.
But now the Supreme Court has revived Trump’s ban on transgender servicemembers by lifting an injunction against enforcement of the ban. We’re calling on the Supreme Court to correct this awful decision by striking down the ban NOW.
Will you sign the petition and then keep it growing by sharing it with your friends and family?
The 5-4 decision was a huge win for anti-transgender bigots—and the canary in the coal mine for progressive policies. It’s clear that this court will have no shame in striking down any law or policy that contradicts their far-right partisan view.
The Supreme Court has been hijacked by the far right wing. Four of the justices were nominated by presidents who lost the popular vote. Two have been credibly accused of sexual misconduct. One effectively stole his seat from Barack Obama’s appointee.
That’s why Pack the Courts is fighting to take back the Supreme Court for the American people, and we’re counting on your help. It’s up to us to rise up and fight back against the Supreme Court’s assault on transgender rights–and all our rights. Are you in?
Click here to sign the petition urging the Supreme Court to stop Trump’s ban on transgender military service.
In solidarity,
Diane Russell
Campaign Manager, Pack the Courts
“2011 Most Valuable State Representative,” The Nation magazine
January 2019
Action Alerts from the national Veterans For Peace website:
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Child Labor 12/13/18:
Child Separation 12/13/18
Please sign the petition provided by the Anthropologists Action Network for Immigrants and Refugees that demands Congress order the closing of the Tornillo, TX, detention camp where several thousand immigrant children are currently detained, separated from their parents.
It also demands that Congress take specific steps — outlined in the petition — to remedy this situation in a humane and legal manner.
Members of Congress, wanting to pass legislation to this, need your help to demonstrate public support to strengthen their hand in passing such legislation in Congress.
Please read more here and sign. Thank you.
Share this petition on Facebookat https://www.facebook.com/PeaceHouseAshland/photos/a.294469480603153/2137359989647417/
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Petition by Senator Jeff Merkley:
Environment
Health Care for All
Honduras
9/18/18: Peace House is watching carefully the escalating repression underway in Honduras with grave concern for those in the Human Rights community who are being targeted and terrorized. The recent execution of three students who were part of a demonstration against the government are a huge shock. More information at https://peacehouse.net/canadian-jesuits-international-shares-concerns-about-padre-melo-and-radio-progreso-staff/
We are grateful to Senator Merkeley for keeping an awareness of these violations of human rights in the public eye of Washington, DC.
