Call to Action

It Takes Just One Thing To Be A Philanthropist

The Huffington Post | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 03.10.2012

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Anyone can be a leader in his or her community to create social change -- all it takes is passion. That's according to Detroit 4 Detroit, a local ...

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Birthing New Life in the Midst of Despair

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 02.20.2012

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Dr. Cara Barker

Our redemption comes from another direction. The first step is to look within, to recognize our own interior "Grinch thoughts" that act as a thief in the night. These self-critical, self-doubting beliefs end up robbing us of our birthright to live freely as we are.

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Dismantling Corporate Power: A Call to Action on the Anniversary of Citizens United

Rebecca Tarbotton | Posted 02.13.2012

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Rebecca Tarbotton

How do we unite our efforts to drive through changes to our tax system, our trade system, our electoral system, and our judicial system that will reverse the balance of power and put citizens in charge of corporations rather than the other way around?

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Challenging The Vatican Old Boys' Network

Bill Quigley | Posted 01.01.2012

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Bill Quigley

Fr. Roy faces expulsion from his Catholic community, Maryknoll, for refusing to recant his belief that women can and should be allowed to become priests.

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Emerging Manager Programs: Not Just for the Emerging Anymore.

Carmen Ortiz-McGhee | Posted 12.29.2011

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Carmen Ortiz-McGhee

Our communities have all that is needed, the intellectual and economic capital, the strategic and political savvy to ensure our places at the table and our ability to generate real wealth for our communities.

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Why I will never join a White Anglo-Saxon Protestant Church again: My "Call to Action" for the United Methodist Church

Kelly Figueroa-Ray | Posted 12.01.2011

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Kelly Figueroa-Ray

My fellow United Methodist brothers and sisters, I believe the church is where God's kingdom--God's alternative culture--should be manifest

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Progressive Chicago Group Challenges The Vatican

Chicago News Cooperative | Chicago News Cooperative | Posted 10.02.2011

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It's a long way from the Vatican to Roscoe Village, but a group based in that North Side neighborhood is leading a high-profile protest among American...

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Bishop To Same-Sex Marriage Supporters: Your Money's No Good Here

Michele Somerville | Posted 09.17.2011

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Michele Somerville

The bishop of Brooklyn and Queens has countenanced electioneering from the pulpit. And it appears clear that he does not welcome gifts from Catholics who support same-sex marriage.

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A Call to Black Families

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marian Wright Edelman

Our families have seen us through many crises, but there have also been threats to black family stability and reports of black family breakdown throughout our history.

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A Call to End 'The National Media Blackout on Child Abuse'

Teresa Huizar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Teresa Huizar

I encourage not just the national media but the general public as well, to become more educated on what must be done to help end the national tragedy of child maltreatment deaths in our country.

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Oprah's Call to Action: No Texting, No Cell Phones, No Kidding!

Lisa Mirza Grotts | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lisa Mirza Grotts

I am intrigued with the idea of our nation as a whole taking the no-phone pledge. I agree with Oprah that we are facing a serious crisis. In the hands of a driver, a cell phone is a dangerous tool.

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Health Care Reform Struggle Will Not End This Year

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

No matter what healthcare bill passes, it is not going to remain static. It is going to be revisited again and again over the next few decades. That's how lawmaking works.

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Want Healthcare Reform? Pick Up The Phone.

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Yesterday, over 300,000 people picked up the phone and called Congress demanding health care reform this year. The phones ringing off the hook certainly did not go unnoticed by Congress.

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Causing Peace: A Nobel 'Call To Action'

Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 11.17.2011

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Dr. Judith Rich

Learning to listen beyond our firmly established filters that dictate what we think before we've even heard what the other person is saying, opens the doors to authentic communication.

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Oprah Calls Women to Action This Thursday, 10/1

Posted 05.25.2011

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This Thursday, October 1, don't miss Oprah as she embarks on an incredible hour of The Oprah Winfrey Show, featuring New York Times columnist Nicholas...

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