September 25, 2002
Letting Houses of Worship Use Funds for Partisan Campaigns

InterfaithAlliance.org -- Eye on Congress -- Bill Position Summary

An analysis of the Houses of Worship Political Speech Protection Act & The Bright-Line Act of 2001 from the Interfaith Alliance, with a petition to print and send to lawmakers.

Posted by Jone Johnson Lewis at 06:47 AM
True Majority - Action Alerts

Founded by Ben of Ben and Jerry's and supported by a broad variety of progressive groups (environmental, peace, justice), this organization provides another route for contacting lawmakers on key issues. You can also sign up to get periodic email alerts.

TrueMajority

Posted by Jone Johnson Lewis at 06:44 AM
International Justice

Should the US exempt its nationals from jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court for crimes such as genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes? If you don't think so, here's a petition from Amnesty International for you to sign:

Petition for Amnesty International members around the world on the ICC

Information for US members on the US/ICC controversy

USA for the International Criminal Court - More information and action alerts

Posted by Jone Johnson Lewis at 06:05 AM
Act Now: NARAL's Choice Action Network

Pro-choice voices can make themselves heard by lawmakers more easily using these alerts from NARAL. Emails may be sent directly from the page to the relevant lawmakers from your district (you provide an address and zip code), or you may download formatted documents to edit, print and send. You also have the option to receive email alerts from NARAL so you won't miss important issues:

Act Now - Featured Alerts

Posted by Jone Johnson Lewis at 05:56 AM
September 20, 2002
Working For Change

From Working Assets, this page includes urgent alerts to which you may want to respond. Linked as well are less-urgent alerts. Many have easy-to-use web forms to contact relevant legislators. This is the Act for Change website which is, in turn, part of the Working for Change web presence of Working Assets. The page also has a link to find your elected officials, so you can contact them directly.

Act for Change

Posted by Jone Johnson Lewis at 06:14 AM
September 18, 2002
Update on Amina Lawal's Appeal

An update: In August, a judge decreed that Amina Lawal's death-by-stoning sentence will be carried out when she weans her daughter. She was sentenced for adultery. Amnesty International among other groups has called for a reversal of the sentence. Find out how to send an appeal to the government of Nigeria.

Find out what you can do

Find out more about Sharia (Islamic law) in Nigeria

Posted by Jone Johnson Lewis at 08:28 PM