‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill

Cameron — Florida recently passed a bill known as the "Don't Say Gay" Bill. The bill would ban classroom discussions on sexual orientation and gender identity. Parents could even sue schools or teachers if they do. A group of Florida high schoolers started a petition because they believe it will hurt students rather than help them, and lead to erasure of the LGBTQ+ community in Florida. Sign your name if you believe Florida legislators should vote "no" on the "Don't Say Gay" Bill. Petition against the "Don't Say Gay" Bill - (HB 1557/SB 1834) 2,287 have signed Sarasota Youth Association's petition. Let's get to 2,500! Sign now with a click We're petitioning against the bigoted "Don't Say Gay" bill in an effort to halt the undermining of social progress, and to come to the aid of those that make up the LGBTQIA+ community and who are apart of the Florida education system. This bill alienates LGBTQIA+ individuals, who've throughout history, faced persecution. We've taken several steps forward in regards to social progress. We must not allow ourselves to socially regress, or become complacent to the current state's government trying to pass this bill.  Please sign this petition to stand by your peers and educators alike, whether they're apart of the LGBTQIA+ community or not. We must defend the future, our future, and ensure that future generations do not have to continue the fight where we began, such as generations prior have done.  Sign now with a click Visit petition page At Change.org, we believe in the voice of everyday people. Is there something that you want to change? Start a petition today The person (or organization) who started this petition is not affiliated with Change.org. Change.org did not create this petition and is not responsible for the petition content. How useful was this email? 1 2 3 4 5 Not Useful Useful Unsubscribe from emails like this Unsubscribe from all Change.org emails Manage your email preferences · Privacy policy We'd love to hear from you! Contact us through our help center. Change.org · 548 Market St #29993, San Francisco, CA 94104-5401, USA

Elizabeth Koch + Greenwashing

Cameron — Billionaire Charles Koch has contributed massive amounts of funding to climate denial. Charles's daughter Elizabeth Koch runs Catapult, a publisher. Travis has started a petition to ask Elizabeth to use her influence to help pass the Build Back Better bill. He thinks she's greenwashing the Koch legacy by publishing books about climate change—without taking a stand to support the climate crisis at its root. Sign to ask Elizabeth Koch to publicly call on Joe Manchin to support the bill. Elizabeth Koch: Don't Use Literature to Greenwash the Climate Crisis 2,635 have signed Travis Nichols's petition. Let's get to 5,000! Sign now with a click Elizabeth Koch, co-founder and CEO of the literary organization Catapult and daughter of Koch Industries chairman Charles Koch, has an opportunity right now to use her family's enormous wealth and influence to help stop the climate crisis. Please sign this petition to help make it happen.  Her family business, Koch Industries, is a hundred billion dollar megacorporation responsible for over a century of climate pollution and climate denial. These billions help fund Elizabeth Koch's organization, Catapult, home to great books from Noam Chomsky, Wendell Berry, and the Sierra Club, as well as online discussions about how to decolonize poetry and improve creativity in public schools.   Unless Elizabeth Koch goes on the record to support stopping the climate crisis at its root, all the good work Catapult does risks being perceived as a greenwashing front for the family businesses fueling catastrophe. The writers and artists Elizabeth Koch publishes -- through Soft Skull, Black Balloon, and Counterpoint -- shouldn't be used to launder her family's name.  She has a responsibility to her authors and readers to take meaningful public action on climate. Here's how she can.  The climate provisions of Build Back Better will be up for a vote soon, and they may be our last, best hope to stop the worst effects of the crisis. I've started this petition asking Elizabeth Koch to use the power of her family's name and network to persuade Joe Manchin, a politician already in the Koch family's pocket, to vote "yes" on the climate legislation coming up in the Senate. The Koch family network is already working overtime to convince Manchin to vote against any and all climate protections. We need Elizabeth Koch to counter her family's century of crisis and denial and publicly call for Joe Manchin to vote "yes" on climate.   Arts funding is always complicated, at best, but the artists exposing the Sacklers have shown there's a way forward. It begins with public accountability and meaningful action. Elizabeth Koch has a responsibility to her authors and readers to be accountable for her family's role in the climate crisis. She can start by publicly calling out Joe Manchin on climate.  Please sign here to help make it happen. (To read more on Elizabeth Koch and the climate crisis, please read this post. ) Sign now with a click Visit petition page At Change.org, we believe in the voice of everyday people. Is there something that you want to change? Start a petition today The person (or organization) who started this petition is not affiliated with Change.org. Change.org did not create this petition and is not responsible for the petition content. How useful was this email? 1 2 3 4 5 Not Useful Useful Unsubscribe from emails like this Unsubscribe from all Change.org emails Manage your email preferences · Privacy policy We'd love to hear from you! Contact us through our help center. Change.org · 548 Market St #29993, San Francisco, CA 94104-5401, USA