Ban Greyhound Racing, Ban Child Marriage in NC, and Cancel Line 3 Pipeline: 10 Petitions to Sign This Week to Help People, Animals, and the Planet!
Unfortunately for many people the world is not a very peaceful or safe place. From conflict to abuse to exploitation, so much cruelty is inflicted on humans and animals. While this can be daunting and difficult to hear, petitions are a great way to use your voice forever. With your signature you are helping to help those who are not treated fairly. You can even share them with your friends and acquaintances to increase your impact.
Through petitions we can reach those in power and demand justice for others. They are valuable tools for making positive change in the world. If you’re looking for a way to help animals and people, sign 10 petitions this week including Ban Greyhound Racing, Ban Child Marriage in North Carolina, and Cancel Pipeline.
We want to thank you for being the change you want to see in the world and giving voice to the voiceless.
1. Great Britain bans greyhound racing
In 2020, the pandemic resulted in many greyhound races being canceled. Although they decreased by almost 33%, 400 greyhounds died or were euthanized. The number is almost the same as it was in 2019, which means the cruelty has only increased. These poor puppies are bred for “sport” and if they are not fast enough they are culled or sold without bothering about the next steps. Then they are muzzled for up to 23 hours a day, caged with several other dogs, and forced to run for human entertainment. Many are killed or euthanized on the racetrack due to injuries that are considered too expensive. At the young age of four or five, they are often murdered because they are deemed unsuitable for new placement. Sign this petition to demand that the UK government ban cruel and antiquated greyhound racing!
2. Expand Medicaid-funded services to schools
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Childhood health care is very important to the long-term physical and mental health of children. It should be accessible to all children and their families, but this is not always the case. While Medicaid helps offset the cost of vital health services for low-income people and their families, the problem of accessibility remains. Many parents have long hours and multiple jobs leaving little time to take their children to the doctor. They may also not have access to transportation and childcare for other children. This is why it is so important that Medicaid-funded health services are part of schools. Some of these programs already exist, so why not expand to have local services and providers. If the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) expanded their programs to include health screening, screening, and vaccination schools, so many children missing out on vital health care would finally be cared for and supported to help them have happier, healthier childhoods Life. Sign this petition to urge CMS to expand its funding and services to schools so that eligible children can get checkups, checkups, vaccinations, and other services when they can’t see a doctor!
3. Tell the marine to stop killing marine animals with test bombs
Recently the Navy detonated a 40,000 pound bomb off the Florida coast in a valuable wildlife habitat. Every year they run thousands of these explosive tests that cause immense damage to local wildlife. These tests can kill and injure countless marine animals within six miles. Additionally, animals like dolphins and whales that rely on echolocation may never be able to communicate with their families again. This test was larger than usual tests, which made it difficult to determine the destruction. Additionally, the Navy does not employ trained biologists to monitor marine mammals that may have been affected by their test bombs. They are also not required to disclose information about whether they have worked to protect these marine mammals. Sign this petition to demand that the United States Navy stop unnecessarily killing marine animals with these dangerous test bombs.
4. North Carolina Child Marriage Prohibition
North Carolina has become a destination for child bridal seekers. In 2001 the minimum age at marriage was raised from 12 to 14 and in 2021 to 16. However, if you are pregnant, the age will drop to 14 years. Most of these marriages are between an older man and a young girl, creating an apparent power imbalance that can often lead to abuse, poverty, and poor physical and mental health. Child marriages are dangerous and must be prohibited. Sign this petition to demand that North Carolina protect children by raising the minimum age limit for marriage to 18 years without exception!
5. Demand meaningful climate protection measures from the government
The government must take meaningful climate action immediately to save our planet. Climate disasters are getting worse and more frequent. In the last week of June, heat waves melted power cables and buckled asphalt; Floods closed a freeway in Detroit; and droughts spread across several states. In the midst of these disasters, a group of bipartisan negotiators reached an agreement with President Biden on a greatly reduced infrastructure package and completely abandoned proposed climate change efforts to make them acceptable to Republicans in the Senate. Sign this petition to tell Democrats that meaningful climate action must be included in an infrastructure reconciliation law!
6. Encourage Canada to recognize and investigate the damage residential schools have done to the indigenous people
Over 200 children’s bodies were recently found buried near a former indigenous residential school in British Columbia, Canada. This school was just one of many government-funded institutions that forcibly removed hundreds of thousands of First Nations children from their families (as late as the 1990s). These children were abused and forced to assimilate, resulting in the loss of much of their inheritance. Culture, religion and language. The effects of these boarding schools and other colonial policies can still be felt today for the indigenous people. Sign this petition to demand that the Canadian government add boarding schools directly to today’s bigoted system against the First Nations peoples and invest in tribes to repair the generation damage.
7. Call on the UN to help the Uyghurs
For nearly a decade, the Chinese government has been ethnic cleansing the Uyghurs, a Muslim ethnic minority primarily from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in northwest China. Over 2 million Uyghurs have been sent to “re-education camps” where they are tortured, electrocuted, stripped of their culture, separated from their families, deprived of sleep and forced into forced labor. And often they are never seen or heard again. As a result, many Uyghur families have fled China in search of safety abroad. However, countries like Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia have recently started arresting and deporting Uyghurs, knowing they will be sent to these camps. This frightening portrayal of international cooperation on genocide cannot go any further. Sign this petition and call on the UN to take action to help the Uyghurs!
8. Cancel the permits for line 3 of the pipeline
Line 3 is a planned pipeline extension that would bring more than 750,000 barrels of tar sand oil daily through protected indigenous lands from Alberta, Canada to Superior, Wisconsin. Line 3 is proposed by the Canadian pipeline company Enbridge, which in 2010 was responsible for one of the largest domestic oil spills in US history. The pipeline expansion, which would cross over 200 lakes and rivers and threaten 800 wetlands, would also violate agreements between the Anishinaabe people and the US government. These areas where the Anishinaabe harvest food and medicine. A pipeline accident could cause permanent damage to your country. The expansion of this pipeline is too dangerous for the indigenous people and their land. In addition, the government must shift its focus to clean energy in order to combat climate change. Sign this petition to tell President Biden that Line 3 must be stopped!
9. Hold Hungary responsible for the anti-LGBTQ law
Hungary recently passed a law making it illegal to share information about LGBTQ people with anyone under the age of 18 as it would “harm” children. Obviously, this is not the case and will lead to both bigotry and negative mental health for LGBTQ children. It is so important that children come into contact with different people and see themselves represented in the media and their education. This law is homophobic and harms LGBTQ Hungarians. Fortunately, 14 other EU member states, led by Belgium, have spoken out against this anti-LGBTQ law. Sign this petition to ask the EU to cut funding to Hungary when this law comes into effect.
10. Repeal laws that prohibit schools from teaching students about systemic racism
Republicans are trying to forbid teachers from informing their students that systemic racism exists in the US. Systemic racism is a terrible yet prominent part of US history that still exists today. There are so many examples of systemic racism in the US, from the suppression of voters to disproportionately high incarceration rates for people of color. It is important to teach and learn systemic racism in the US in order to overcome it and achieve justice and justice for all. Sign this petition to ask state governors to repeal laws that prohibit teaching in critical racial theory!
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