Current Actions
| Watch "Insurance Jive" and Make the Match!
“Insurance Jive”, the latest TV ad from the Courage Campaign, targets health insurance companies, premised on the story of Patsy Bates, who was dropped from her health insurance carrier despite being in chemotherapy for breast cancer. Together, the California Nurses Association and State Senator Sheila Kuehl have pledged to match the first $6,000 donated to place “Insurance Jive” on the air — can you help us make the match? Take Action > |
| Listen to our Courage Campaign Conversation with Jeremy Scahill
Author Jeremy Scahill joined Courage Campaign members on a conference call June 12 to discuss the base of operations Blackwater just opened up in San Diego and other issues relating to Blackwater. For those not able to participate in this call, you can now listen to the audio recording of the call. Take Action > |
| Sign the letter to Terry McAuliffe asking him not appear at the AHIP convention
We were quite surprised when we learned that Terry McAuliffe was going to appear — with former Bush spokesperson Dan Bartlett — at a major convention of health insurance corporations in San Francisco on June 19. Ask Terry McAuliffe not to appear at — or take a speaking fee from — the AHIP convention. Take Action > |
| Tell Rep. David Dreier to stop paying lip service to our troops
The 21st Century GI Bill comes to the House this week and Rep. David Dreier will have another chance to vote for it, after voting against it earlier this year. Tell Rep. Dreier to stop paying lip service to veterans and start expanding their education benefits. Take Action > |
| Listen to our Courage Campaign Conversation with Senator Steinberg and Speaker Bass
Assembly Speaker Karen Bass and soon-to-be Senate President Pro-Tem Darrell Steinberg joined our members for a Courage Campaign Conversation conference call on May 27. For those not able to participate in this lively call, you can now listen to the audio recording of the call. Take Action > |
| Respond to Al Gore's video on California's education budget cuts
Al Gore recorded a video for the Courage Campaign regarding the potentially devastating budget cuts to education in California. Please watch the video and record a webcam response or write your own text response to Al Gore. Take Action > |
| Listen to our "Courage Campaign Conversation" with Arianna Huffington
Arianna Huffington joined our community for a Courage Campaign Conversation on May 14 to discuss her new book, “Right is Wrong”. For those who were not able to participate, the audio from the call is now available for streaming. Take Action > |
| Watch "Yacht Party 2" and double your impact
Because Democrats do not hold a two-thirds majority in our state legislature, a small minority of Republicans is able to hold Californians hostage to a $20 billion state budget deficit, refusing to raise taxes on the super-rich. While California’s future is being put in grave jeopardy, the tax cut cult is refusing to close a tax loophole for yacht and private jet owners. Watch “Yacht Party 2”, our new TV ad promoted by Arianna Huffington and spread the word! Take Action > |
| Block Blackwater: Sign the new letter to San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders
We need Mayor Sanders to take further leadership now to protect San Diego — and California — from Blackwater. No matter where you live, please sign this letter to Mayor Sanders today. We will deliver your signatures to the Mayor as well as Senator Dianne Feinstein, Senator Barbara Boxer, and Congressman Bob Filner: Take Action > |
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| Ban Blackwater from Iraq: Support the "Stop Outsourcing Security Act"
Just a few months after the courageous people of Potrero kicked Blackwater out of their small town on the California border, Blackwater has announced plans to open a 61,600 square-foot “training facility” in San Diego just THREE blocks from the Mexican border. Take Action > |
| Endorse the "Responsible Plan to End the War in Iraq"
This occupation will never end unless we change the conversation and change Washington. Join 50 congressional candidates, two generals, a former Assistant Secretary of Defense, and netroots activists across the progressive blogosphere in endorsing the Responsible Plan to End the War in Iraq. Take Action > |