Ideas for Change in America

Ideas for Change in America Finalists

Congratulations to all 50 finalists, who collectively received more than 100,000 votes.

• Provide Legal Protections for Animals Through the Animal Bill of Rights

  by Animal Legal Defense Fund

• Look “Upstream” to Protect Water and Health: Prevent Pollution and Health Harm Before Toxics Enter Our Water

  by Clean Water Action

• Fund Challenge Days for every school in the nation.

  by Ana Rubio

• Create Jobs. Alleviate Poverty. Support Domestic Microfinance.

  by Grameen America

• Rebuild America's Rail System

  by Erik Drumm

• Cut carbon emissions at least 80% below 1990 levels by 2050

  by 1Sky Campaign

• Freeze Pentagon spending and fund human needs, like health care, education, and jobs.

  by Peace Action West

• 21 Doesn't Work. Change the Drinking Age.

  by CHOOSE RESPONSIBILITY

• Community Supported Agriculture in local neighborhoods

  by Lisa Perschke

• Televise the Supreme Court of the United States

  by Alliance for Justice

• Five Ways to Solve Global Warming Without Wall Street

  by Friends of the Earth

• Use the 13th Amendment to Prosecute Modern-Day Slavery

  by Andrew Hall

• Invest in a More Stable World, Invest in Women

  by White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood

• Implement transparent and secure voting systems

  by Brent Turner

• Street Soccer USA: Sport For Social Change

  by Street Soccer USA

• Facing Up to Senior Hunger in America

  by Meals on Wheels Association of America

• Amend the FedEd Unemployment Program

  by FLIPPIN CREATIVE INC

• Enlist Creative Communities in the Fight to Improve Maternal Health

  by Lisa Russell

• Improved Medicare for All

  by Physicians for a National Health Program

• Support the California OneCare Campaign for Single Payer Health Care

  by Jeanne Ertle

• Insist on National Recognition of Same-Sex Marriage

  by Kristina Anderson

• Give women access: 215 million women want but can’t get contraception. Empower these women!

  by Americans for UNFPA

• Reward the Volunteer Service of College Graduates with Student Loan Pay.

  by SponsorChange.org

• Get off coal so we can invest in renewable energy

  by 1Sky Campaign

• Obama, introduce Esperanto as a Second Language subject in schools.

  by Renata Ventura

• We Must Change Energy Behavior - An MPG Rating for Your Home

  by Earth Advantage Institute

• Build Career Onramps for People Who Want to Work: Fund Transitional Jobs Opportunities

  by Goodwill Industries International

• Fight the Leading Killers of Children - Urge US to Invest in Child Health

  by Save the Children and GAVI

• Restore Two-Parent Family Norms in Inner-City Neighborhoods

  by Valerie Barker

• Pass Immigration Reform that Will Strengthen the American Economy

  by National Council of La Raza

• Save $2.5 Billion by honoring the Sec. Of Defense's request NOT to build more C-17s

  by TrueMajority.org

• Provide Transistional & Low-Income Housing

  by H.E.L.P. USA

• Removing Roadblocks to Voter Registration

  by Rock the Vote

• Massive Campaign to STOP Child Trafficking

  by Molly Permenter

• Increase awareness, education and involvement of young Americans in the fight against global poverty

  by Opportunity International

• Slow Money: invest in local food systems to save the economy and the planet

  by Slow Money Alliance

• Return Adult Adoptees the right to their Original Birth Certificates

  by Cully Ray and Mara Rigge

• Don’t Sell Elections to the Highest Bidder - Enact strong standards of political conduct for corporations

  by Corporate Accountability International

• Abolish the Death Penalty

  by Abolish the Death Penalty

• Launch a National "Read To Kids" Campaign

  by EVERYBODY WINS! USA Inc

• Rehabilitation, not Incarceration - Our kids deserve better. Support the Youth PROMISE Act. Stop the cradle to prison pipeline!

  by The League of Young Voters Education Fund

• STOP cruel BLM round ups of WILD HORSES

  by golde wallingford

• Pass LGBT-Inclusive Immigration Reform

  by Immigration Equality

• Support Public Financing of Congressional Elections

  by Te-Ping Chen

• Count Everyone – Queer The Census!

  by National Gay and Lesbian Task Force

• Prevent and Heal the Wounds of Female Survivors of Sexual Abuse

  by The Global Sisterhood

• Ban Import of Consumer Goods Made By Child Slaves Overseas

  by Amanda Kloer

• Peace Care: Connect Peace Corps Communities with Health Experts/ Educators to Train Health Workers

  by Peace Care

• Immigration Equality - Uniting American Families Act - Binational Gay Couples

  by Amy Lee

• The DREAM Act for America in 2010

  by Dream Activist

• Mend Families and Homes to Repair the Economy

  by National Council of La Raza

• Categorize Crimes Against the Homeless As Hate Crimes at the Federal Level

  by Josie Raymond