Posted by Shannon Biggs in Community Rights, End Dirty Energy on 11th April, 2013 | 6 Comments
First-in-California law seeks to make sustainability legal: On April 9, the City Council of Santa Monica voted 7-0 to adopt the state’s first ever Bill of Rights for Sustainability, directing the city to “recognize the rights of people, natural communities and ecosystems to exist, regenerate and flourish.” Santa Monica joins dozens of U.S. communities, the nations of Ecuador, Bolivia, and New Zealand in the fast-growing movement for Nature’s Rights.
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Posted by Hillary V Lehr in Elect Democracy on 4th March, 2013 | 4 Comments
On April Fools day, prank with purpose: send your Senator and Representative a ‘Do Not Disturb’ door hanger to keep corporate lobbyists OUT of their office.
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Posted by Shannon Biggs in Community Rights, End Dirty Energy, Featured, Global Exchange News & Events, People Power, Not Corporate Power on 20th February, 2013 | 7 Comments
Gas and oil companies are quietly bringing fracking to the Golden State, placing not just Californians, but the planet at risk. In fact the process has already begun; promising to make California the number one oil producing state in the country, or as some call it The Saudi Arabia of the US—but at what cost? Global Exchange is working with communities to say “no” and leading a speaking tour April 15-22 through California’s fracklands.
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Posted by Kirsten Moller in Global Exchange Community, Global Exchange News & Events, Peace, Democracy and Human Rights, What About Peace Contest on 27th November, 2012 | 3 Comments
Just released: Peace themed notecards, featuring artwork from the “What about Peace” youth art contest. The cards are available now for your holiday and New Year’s greetings!
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Posted by Hillary V Lehr in Community Rights, Elect Democracy, Peace, Democracy and Human Rights, People Power, Not Corporate Power on 23rd August, 2012 | 1 Comment
Our Elect Democracy campaign is heading out to join the tens of thousands of people who will be speaking truth to power during the Republican and Democratic National Conventions in the next two weeks. Find us on the ground and follow our updates on Twitter @ElectDemocracy.
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Posted by Hillary V Lehr in Community Rights, Elect Democracy, Featured, Peace, Democracy and Human Rights, People Power, Not Corporate Power on 22nd August, 2012 | 1 Comment
Want to organize a “Don’t Burn Democracy!” BBQ in your town? Apply for a $60 mini-grant to help kick things off!
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Posted by Kylie Nealis in Community Rights, People Power, Not Corporate Power on 16th August, 2012 | 2 Comments
From dropping a “Bust Up the Bank” banner off the rooftop and making F.I.R.E. flame graphics highlighting the cozy relationship between money and politics in campaign financing, to doing media outreach for the United Nations Rio+20 Earth Summit and conducting interviews with staff and climate justice activists in the Bay Area, my summer has been full of rewarding work that has opened me up to a new worldview.
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Posted by Tex Dworkin in For Our Members, Global Exchange Community, Global Exchange News & Events on 21st June, 2012 | No Comments
It’s going to a be a tasty, healthy summer here at Global Exchange. For staff AND supporters! Here’s why.
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Posted by Hillary V Lehr in Elect Democracy, Featured, People Power, Not Corporate Power on 8th May, 2012 | 3 Comments
How do we create a system where it actually matters who you vote for?
We need to Occupy Our Elections in order to approach having the real ability to Elect Democracy. We should engage with and impact elections by providing systemic analysis and exposing the impact of big bank campaign contributions, corporate lobbying, and general ALEC-type corruption and collusion. Meanwhile, we can also simultaneously be creating new methods of meeting the needs of the 99%. It’s time to show the 1% what real democracy actually looks like.
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Posted by Kirsten Moller in Featured, Peace, Democracy and Human Rights, Stop Funding War on 22nd March, 2012 | 2 Comments
For the past two weeks as we’ve grappled with the horror of the massacre in the Kandahar province, I’ve been dismayed at the focus of the mainstream press. The press seems to be focusing almost entirely on the mind-set of Sgt Bales and the effect of the massacre on US/Afghan relations without much mention of the actual victims who were all Afghan citizens, including nine children.
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