#peitions

[bummerbetch]

Take Action

Learn about the lives that have been lost and what you can do to help. http://www.pb-resources.com/ If all you can give right now is time; that is okay. We have seen progress in numbers. Just click the megaphone at the top right of the page. Signing is easy. 

If you have more time to give, consider getting involved with the Grass Roots Law Projects and host a meeting to pressure your local officials to defund police.  https://www.grassrootslaw.org/ They have incredible resources for learning with wonderful individuals willing to walk you through the process of contacting your local government

There is so much more to share on the topic of police brutality, but right now, let’s take a breath, be thankful for what we have, and take some actions. Message me with any questions <3

[writingbloggingunistyle]

One voice, multiple computers! 

[writingbloggingunistyle]

Reshaping your nation with a click of a button

The power of social media has influenced and has made  social impacting changed to communities with protests and petitions online. With our voice being stronger than online, with our words online it can echo throughout and reach new heights.

Whether it's a change within the healthcare system, or to help out a local farm. Online petitions can be easily accessed online, and with the help of smartphones, it's easier than ever to participate.

Bakardjieva 2009 states instead of an emphasis on each individual’s freedom to pursue his or her own good, communitarian thinkers insist on the centrality of the common good and ground citizenship in the act of its embracement and prioritisation. Making a clear point that change happens not for one person, but for the community

So, how does one impact the community with change? With a strong idea and point, sharing a petition online can go viral online, spreading through the internet gaining a strong online community.

Global group petitions as stated from Strange (2011) "GGPs are online petitions typically framed as ‘global’ and linking sometimes hundreds of advocacy groups behind a common set of critical statements contesting global politics"

It's no longer just politics within one place, no longer is one problem just a one country problem, it's become a global issue. Which is pretty amazing because, without the internet, we wouldn't be able to gain more help by other like-minded people with that same opinions and thoughts.  

So, what can you use to get your word out there to the world? One great example is the online petition change.org. In their online case study ' Success factors of online petitions: Evidence from Change.org' found that their study revealed important factors that online petitions do significantly influence, and there is also an emotional factor involved. (Elnoshokaty, Ahmed Said ; Deng, Shuyuan ; Kwak, Dong-Heon,  2016,)  Wright (2016)  found out that it works on increasing users engagement with online petitions through the signature count, and that it is a powerful tool to be used to reach political topics, addressing major problems that can change the world. So what are you waiting for, change the world and voice your opinion? You're no longer alone, you are as one. Reference     Bakardjieva, M. 2009 ‘Subactivism: Lifeworld and Politics in the Age of the Internet.’ Information Society, Vol. 25 Issue 2, p91-104 Strange, M, 2011, 'Act now and sign our joint statement!' What role do online global group petitions play in transnational movement networks?’ Media Culture & Society, Vol.33(8), pp.1236-1253 Wright, S, Jun 2016, ' 'Success' and online political participation: The case of Downing Street E-petitions', information, Communication & Society, Vol.19(6), pp.843-857 Elnoshokaty, Ahmed Said ; Deng, Shuyuan ; Kwak, Dong-Heon,  2016, ‘Success Factors of Online Petitions: Evidence from Change.org’ 49th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Jan. 2016, pp.1979-1985  Change.org 2015, Change.org: Reasons for Signing, 22 June, viewed 21 January 2017, <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcT1rgZDko4>.

[unclekoopus]

I have a suspicion that the Stop SOPA petition is not specific enough to count towards the actual threat: The Trans Pacific Partnership policies and the Notice and Staydown policies.

THIS is what is threatening fan-made content on websites that the SOPA 2014 scare mentioned.

PLEASE sign this petition.

[diadoumenos-blog]

A petition at WhiteHouse.gov.

[older-and-far-away]

If you have been to college recently, and aren't well off enough to have avoided student loans, you probably know who Sallie Mae is.  (If you don't, that's the name of a big financial aid group that a lot of people getting loans end up working with.) 

Well, they've been up to some kind of jerktastic stuff, and some people have had enough of struggling to make ends meet while being nastily preyed upon in a pretty unfair way by their loan holders  -- stuff like, financially penalizing people who are struggling to find work, and have been promised forbearance.  So, there's a petition, and so far, it has gotten Sallie Mae to back down a little, but not enough.  

Seriously, I recommend going to the site and reading about the way Sallie Mae is treating it's loan holders...it's rather despicable.  And then, if you agree, throw your voice into the fray.  For a lot of us, student loans are the only way to get a higher education -- pretty much a necessity in this day and age.  That makes us vulnerable, and Sallie Mae has been exploiting that vulnerability.  I think that's wrong.  Maybe you do too.