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Learn about other actions you can take on our Weblog

 

Listings are by category in alphabetical order,
with “New Actions” listed first.

 

NEW ACTIONS

 

FEDERAL

Federal FMAP Funding in Jeopardy—Act Now to Save It

Urge Passage of Child Nutrition Reauthorization (CNR)

Support the Chesapeake Clean Water Act

Join the Call for a Moral Response to the Gulf Oil Spill

Support Funding to Prevent War

Push for a New START

Support Jubilee/Expanding Debt Cancellation for Poor Countries

Support High Speed Rail Funding

 

STATE

Support Legislation to Prevent Racial Discrimination in Capital Sentences

adultBasic Still In Danger—Sign Petition in Support of Extending Funding

 

CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Urge Your Member of Congress to Invest in Affordable, Quality Child Care

Ring the Bell for Children—Support Creating a Children’s Ombudsperson for PA

Child Abuse Increases During Economic Downturn—Sign Petition Calling for a Hearing

Sign PA's Promise for Children Declaration for Quality Early Education

PA CHIP Program Will End Without Action—Urge Your Senator to Support Extension

Protect Children from Toxic Pesticides

 

CRIMINAL JUSTICE

End Juvenile Life Sentences Without ParoleSign a Petition

 

DEATH PENALTY

Support a Moratorium on the Death Penalty in Pennsylvania

 

ECONOMIC SECURITY

Urge Senator Specter to Hold the Estate Tax at 2009 Levels

Urge Senators Casey and Specter to Close the “Carried Interest” Loophole

Support the Employee Free Choice Act (Interfaith Worker Justice)

Urge Your Legislators Support the Supplemental Security Income Program

Calling on People of Faith to Support Principles on Jobs

Working People Need Paid Sick Days–Support the Healthy Families Act

Let Justice Roll (click on links in right column)

 

EDUCATION

Tell Congress Equity in Public Education Should Remain Primary Goal

 

ENVIRONMENT

Urge Congress to Permanently Ban Valley Fills and Support Clean Water

Support Reducing Mercury Contamination

Transit Systems All Across the Country are in Crisis—Support Public Transportation

Support the Appalachia Restoration Act

Concerns About Gas Fracking in PA—Learn More and Contact Legislators with Concerns

Support Legislation to Require Mining and Drilling Interests to Open Their Books to Reveal Money Trails

Time to Break through the Politics and Act on Climate

Protect Alaskan Wilderness—Pennsylvania Co-Sponsors Needed for Legislation

Oppose the “Sealaska Bill” that Threatens the Tongass National Forest

Senate Plans “Resolution of Disapproval” from New DEP Stream Regulations—Tell Them “No”

Urge Pennsylvania’s Senators to Listen to the Science and Economics: Protect Tropical Forests

One (not so) Small Step for Clean Energy, One Giant Leap for Green Jobs—Act to Support Green Jobs

House Approves E-Waste Recycling Bill—Urge Senate to Support

Clean Energy and Security—Send a Letter to the Editor

 

GLOBAL ISSUES

Support Full Funding for the International Affairs Budget

 

GOVERNMENT REFORM

Support Campaign Finance Reform for Pennsylvania NOW

Support the Fair Elections Now Act

Support Merit Selection of Judges

 

GUN VIOLENCE

Join Faith Leaders Against Illegal Guns (information on “Gun Violence” page)

 

HEALTH CARE

Urge House and Senate Leadership to Move Economic Impact Study Resolution re: Single Payer Health Care to a Vote

Contact Pennsylvania Legislators to Support SB 400, HB 1660—Publicly Funded, Privately Delivered Health Care for Pennsylvania

 

HOUSING

Call on the PA Senate Urban Affairs Committee to Support a State Housing Trust Fund

 

HUMAN RIGHTS

Support Miners and Communities—Support Rep. Nick Rahall in Strengthening Protections

Urge PA Legislators to End Human Trafficking

 

HUNGER

 

IMMIGRATION

Undocumented Immigrants Provide a Net Gain of $7 Billion to Social Security Annually—Support AgJOBS

Calling All Faith Leaders: Join IWJ in Condemning Arizona's Draconian Immigration Law

Urge Pennsylvania’s Senators to Support the DREAM Act for Undocumented Students

 

PEACEMAKING

 

TORTURE

Support an Investigation into Evidence of Illegal CIA Experimentation on Detainees

 

TRADE

Urge Support of the TRADE Act—Trade Matters!

 

WOMEN

Support the International Violence Against Women Act

If you don’t know who your U.S. legislators are:

If you don't know your Representative's name: http://www.house.gov (upper left, enter zip code)

If you don't know your Senators' names: http://www.senate.gov (upper right, choose state)

To contact the President: http://www.whitehouse.gov/

CONTACT/

 

If you don’t know who your Pennsylvania legislators are:

Go to http://www.legis.state.pa.us (upper right, enter zip code to get names of representative and senator)

To contact the Governor: http://www.governor.state.

pa.us/portal/server.pt/

community/contact/2998

 

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