This 12 months, tens of millions of MoveOn members took direct motion, and due to your efforts and help, we’ve been capable of make progressive change at each degree. Signing a petition may really feel underwhelming on the subject of taking motion on a few of our greatest points that straight influence our lives—from abortion rights, local weather and LGBTQ+ rights to preventing for racial and financial justice—however we all know once we come collectively, we will see direct coverage change and encourage actions.
Petition campaigns have been round for years, and beginning a petition is among the best methods to see change. They create the house for an enormous quantity of individuals—similar to you!—to return collectively shortly, and demand our voices are heard. Petitions can seize the eye of your mayor, metropolis council, or native newspapers and even get so huge that they’re acknowledged and seen by Congresspeople, Senators or POTUS!Try this listing of a few of our petition platform highlights under—after which begin your individual petition on any concern—huge or small—that’s vital to you! You’ll discover that a few of these campaigns are nonetheless ongoing, generally petitions lead to instant wins and generally they’re only the start; the seeds we sow and nurture with years of organizing. These are just some of our favourite petitions this 12 months (there have been numerous). Keep tuned to see the influence you made in 2022 utilizing our petitions platform.
Prime Highlights of 2022:
Impeach Clarence Thomas: Greater than 1.2 MILLION MoveOn members demanded accountability of Justice Thomas at a second within the nation the place the credibility of SCOTUS was questioned after extremist selections. We should proceed our calls for round increasing the Supreme Courtroom and Thomas’ impeachment. Thomas has a protracted historical past of conflicts of curiosity within the service of a right-wing agenda and mixing his highly effective position together with his interpersonal relationships, exhibiting his incapability to be an neutral justice. We organized a petition supply on the Supreme Courtroom with Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, Congressman Jamaal Bowman, and MoveOn Government Director Rahna Epting.
On the heels of the SCOTUS choice surrounding Roe v. Wade, got here Clarence Thomas’ remarks that made it clear that LGBTQ+ rights and same-sex marriage had been subsequent on the chopping block. We created a petition demanding Congress to go the Respect for Marriage Act as quickly as doable. We received, however acknowledge how a lot was taken away from the queer neighborhood this 12 months. We rallied to guard queer individuals with a petition to Cease Florida’s “Don’t Say Homosexual” invoice that ended up passing, created petitions concentrating on state governments in Texas and Virginia to demand trans lives be protected, just for merciless, devastating laws to maneuver ahead. Now we have to maintain demanding justice within the combat for LGBTQ+ rights and bodily autonomy.
Final 12 months, we labored with the Pupil Debt Disaster Heart to middle grassroots narratives to push the Biden administration to make use of no matter instruments had been essential to cancel scholar debt. Whereas scholar debt reduction was introduced, it’s now being challenged within the courts, and we created a petition to save scholar debt cancellation and prolong the pause on mortgage funds (which the Biden administration has already carried out).
As soon as the information broke a couple of leaked draft from the Supreme Courtroom of america that might basically overturn abortion, we sprung to motion. MoveOn members made numerous petitions, and we teamed up with a number of organizations, together with The Yellowhammer Fund, to combat again. When it was clear that the draft launched could be our new actuality, we shifted to creating petitions sounding the alarm round abortion. We reiterated our place that abortion is healthcare, urged the Biden administration to rent federal abortion suppliers, declare lack of entry to abortion a public well being emergency, and increase abortion entry by no matter means needed—particularly as Republicans’ mobilized throughout the nation to go statewide abortion bans.
Group Spotlights:
Examine Ticketmaster: Greater than 75,000+ MoveOn members got here collectively to name for the break up of Ticketmaster. That is the start of a robust want to interrupt up Ticketmaster’s monopoly within the occasions {industry} and empower working class individuals by eliminating ridiculous charges and value surges.
Healthcare staff banded collectively to inform Stanford Hospital: Don’t Minimize Nurse Advantages Throughout a Strike! After just some weeks of on-line and offline techniques, hospitals backed off of threats to chop advantages, they usually received industry-leading contracts.
We labored with UltraViolet Motion to demand President Biden stop recognized anti-abortion extremist Chad Michael—and different anti-abortion judges—from taking a spot on the federal bench. Throughout 2022, abortion rights throughout the nation took an enormous blow when the Supreme Courtroom basically overturned Roe v. Wade. We knew federal judges under the Supreme Courtroom had been and are nonetheless greatest poised to guard reproductive rights and took motion. We received!
Finish the Exception: Price Rises began a petition to do away with the exception clause within the Thirteenth Modification that enables slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for crime. Greater than 150 years since its passage, incarcerated individuals—a lot of whom are Black and brown—are pressured to work for little to no pay. Price Rises, MoveOn and Senator Merkley held a petition supply in entrance of the Capitol in D.C. to make sure we will construct and keep momentum.
Emmett Until’s Household began a petition to cost Carolyn Bryant Donham—whose false accusations led to his dying—with homicide in Emmett Until’s open homicide case. We labored with relations to ship a petition with 250,000 signatures on the Mississippi State Capitol calling for justice for his homicide 66 years later.
ParentsTogether Motion began a petition to inform the Nationwide Rifle Affiliation to cancel their conference that was simply days after the tragic capturing in Uvalde that left no less than 19 kids and a couple of adults lifeless. We organized techniques with grassroots organizations that led to 1000’s of individuals protesting for gun violence prevention exterior of the conference for everything of the weekend the conference passed off.
Uvalde precipitated a brand new widespread resurgence for gun reform at a nationwide degree. We created a number of petitions asking for the Senate to go gun reform laws and an assault weapons ban. Nationwide outrage on this concern resulted in historic, bipartisan gun violence prevention legal guidelines and coverage.
We doubled down on our dedication to worldwide efforts to finish the struggle, promote peace and diplomacy, and help the Ukrainian individuals. Along with creating a petition in solidarity, we raised over $1.1 million for direct reduction efforts in Ukraine from World Central Kitchen and United Assist Ukraine.
A MoveOn member created a petition for america Postal Service to electrify their supply vans. It was introduced in December 2022 that the USPS would accomplish that by 2026, utilizing funds from the Inflation Discount Act. We received!
Verify Choose Ketanji Brown Jackson: Greater than 80,000 MoveOn members signed a petition—and made nearly 10,000 calls to Congress—in help of KJB’s swift affirmation to the Supreme Courtroom!
The United Farm Staff began a petition asking California Governor Gavin Newsom to signal the Agriculture Labor Voting Alternative Act, which might permit farm staff to vote-by-mail in union elections, shielding them from potential intimidation from their bosses. After strain, Newsom signed the invoice.
Elon Musk: We began campaigning towards Elon Musk’s buy of Twitter, after which got here along with Accountable Tech. Musk ended up being pressured to purchase the location and we’re actively working with companions and coalitions to stop Twitter’s full demise contemplating its influence with reference to social and liberation actions throughout the globe.
ParentsTogether Motion made a petition calling out Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok for exhibiting abortion disinformation ads to youngsters, who’re the first customers of those social media apps. We labored collectively and landed an Op-Ed in Teen Vogue.
Feeling impressed? So are we. After a well-deserved relaxation within the subsequent couple of weeks, we’ll be again within the new 12 months able to make the change we deserve on the planet. In the event you’re already feeling fired up, begin a brand new petition! Thanks on your effort and time to construct a extra equitable, people-centric, and livable world. See you quickly!
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