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    Petition to Debate Varsities

    Highlighting Music

    …Add The Shortest Straw and other tracks from ...And Justice for All to the Highlighting Music … small step to improve us as a team. Research from Dumbo3435Corps has estimated that this will increase highlighting speed by 38%.…

    Jahseh Onfroy
    San Jose, United States
    6
    Supporters
    • Jahseh Onfroy San Jose, United States
    • 6 supporters
    • Created Jan 11, 2022
    Petition to The Irish Government, Department of Agriculture Ireland

    Thank RTÉ investigates for highlighting the cruel greyhound industry

    We want to thank RTÉ investigators who worked so hard to highlight the plight of greyhounds.  We hope that by keeping the momentum going that more and more people will become aware of what is happening to our hounds 

    Marie Coonan
    Limerick, Ireland
    479
    Supporters
    • Marie Coonan Limerick, Ireland
    • 479 supporters
    • Created Sep 30, 2019
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    Petition to Lonnie G. Bunch, National Museum of African American History & Culture

    An Exhibit Highlighting the Contribution of Early Black Midwifery in the United States!

    America was built off the births of Black slaves. Black midwives are the front line in the traditions of childbirth in America. Black slaves brought from the African continent brought with them the tradition of midwifery. In over 400 years of slavery the Black midwives would become Grand Midwives serving Black families through Jim Crow and maternal health disparities where Black women were not allowed to birth in local hospitals with white women.  "According to scholar Sharon Robinson, the first black lay midwife arrived in what is now America in 1619.[9] She came from Africa as an enslaved woman and served her community as a midwife and as a physical and spiritual healer.[9] During the reign of slavery in the United States, nearly every large Southern plantation, particularly in South Carolina, had at least one knowledgeable midwife-healer.[11] There is evidence that some freedwomen served as midwives on the plantations of their former masters for no charge to the plantation.[11] In some cases, plantation masters even rented out their enslaved grannies to neighboring plantations for additional income.[11]" The Grand Midwives were replaced by white obstetrical science AND white midwives. Pushed into obscurity - it is evident in the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture, only ONE THIRD OF ONE DISPLAY mentions Grand Midwives of early American History. "350,000 square feet (33,000 m2) building has a total of 10 stories (five above and five below ground. Has close to 37,000 objects in its collection related to such subjects as community, family, the visual and performing arts, religion, civil rights, slavery, and segregation.[2] The museum has about 85,000 square feet of exhibition space with 12 exhibitions, 13 different interactives with 17 stations, and 183 videos housed on five floors." This petition calls for the inception and education of the significant contributions made by Grand Midwives to have a more noticeable and informative exhibit for patrons to see and understand the importance of Grand Midwives to the development and economic growth of early America and the holistic contributions made by Grand Midwives to pregnancy, childbirth and post partum care - including breastfeeding. America could not have been built to be a super power it is today if not for Black slave births and Grand Midwives. It is the duty of the National Museum of African American History & Culture Administration incoudinf the Founding Director to emphasize this knowledge into mainstream education and awareness. Grand Midwives are a critical contribution to America and these signatures petition Founding Director Lonnie G. Bunch III and the Board of Directors of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture to incorporate an exhibit fitting to educate and commemorate the legacy of Grand Midwives in Black and American history.      

    Denise Bolds, MSW CD(DONA)CLC
    New York, NY, United States
    436
    Supporters
    • Denise Bolds, MSW CD(DONA)CLC New York, NY, United States
    • 436 supporters
    • Created Mar 28, 2019
    Petition to ABC, SBurke@nbcuni​.​com , Reed Hastings, Jason Kilar, Yvonne Graham

    Renew Baker and the Beauty. Let's ensure this show gets picked up by another network!

    … fantastic show highlighting inclusion and diversity a huge disservice with poor promotion. Netflix…

    Dana Pulsinelli
    Barnegat, NJ, United States
    214,009
    Supporters
    • Dana Pulsinelli Barnegat, NJ, United States
    • 214,009 supporters
    • Created Jun 3, 2020
    Petition to Michael Gove

    Save Japan's Whales

    Japan has announced that it will withdraw from the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in order to restart commercial whaling in July. This means that in just a few months time, more whales will start being killed and it may drive some species to extinction - our government must negotiate with Japan to stop this happening. When Japan leaves the IWC, they will be able to freely hunt species of this incredible animal that are currently under protection. Japan has tried to justify this decision by saying that some whale populations - such as Minke whales - have recovered. But the population of the Minke whale is still not large enough to survive increased whaling, and most whale populations have not yet recovered, such as the Blue whale and Fin whale. Despite the IWC ban Japan has continued to catch between 200 and 1,200 wales every year for what they call “scientific reasons”. If Japan does not change its decision to withdraw then we won’t know how many more whales they are catching, and we wouldn’t know how many of these beautiful animals we’d be losing. Please sign my petition to tell the UK government to pressure the Japanese authorities to stop the unnecessary slaughter of Whales and to remain members of the IWC.

    Laura Langston
    York, ENG, United Kingdom
    440,397
    Supporters
    • Laura Langston York, ENG, United Kingdom
    • 440,397 supporters
    • Created Jan 6, 2019
    Petition to Narendra Modi, Nirmala Sitharaman, Prahlad Singh Patel

    Finance Minister: Announce Immediate Relief Packages For Musicians #IndiaForIndie

    … have representatives highlighting their problems. Except us. We musicians have no one to turn to. We…

    Palash Sen
    India
    80,812
    Supporters
    • Palash Sen India
    • 80,812 supporters
    • Created Jul 3, 2020
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    Petition to Woolworths

    Keep grog out of our communities.

    … organisations have been vocal in their opposition to the proposal, highlighting possible risks…

    BlakBusiness
    154,959
    Supporters
    • BlakBusiness
    • 154,959 supporters
    • Created May 18, 2020
    Petition to Govt. of India

    Stop highlighting Abusive words and encouraging sex in movies

    This generation youth is highly influenced by watching movies. They are guiding them in wrong way which resulting rape and harassment cases. 

    Jayasai Yasam
    India
    8
    Supporters
    • Jayasai Yasam India
    • 8 supporters
    • Created Jun 25, 2019
    Petition to Michael Gove, DAERA

    Ban the use of wild animals in circuses across the UK!

    … worker spitting in the face of a camel, highlighting disregard for these sentient beings. Their…

    Bella Lack
    Richmond, ENG, United Kingdom
    191,043
    Supporters
    • Bella Lack Richmond, ENG, United Kingdom
    • 191,043 supporters
    • Created Aug 20, 2018
    Petition to New York Times

    Rewrite Thomas Monson Obituary on New York Times

    … of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Instead of highlighting the positive aspects of his life, or a…

    Nathan Cunningham
    Sparks, NV, United States
    188,820
    Supporters
    • Nathan Cunningham Sparks, NV, United States
    • 188,820 supporters
    • Created Jan 7, 2018
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