Take Action for Unaccompanied Minors

July 15, 2014

Action Alert, Immigration

Take Action for Unaccompanied Minors

The response by the Obama Administration and members of Congress to the influx of migrant children at the US-Mexico border becomes more worrisome by the day. The latest move is to propose changes to the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) of 2008, to speed up deportations of these children. […]

June 24, 2014

Action Alert, Immigration

Congress needs to Address Root Causes of Migrant Children

Action Alert Congress needs to address Root Cause of migrant children at the US-Mexico Border. Please take action and send a send a message to your Member of Congress and your Senators, urging them to conduct a full analysis of the root causes of the humanitarian crisis of […]

June 13, 2014

Action Alert, Immigration

Bring Immigration Reform up for a Vote

There could be a brief window of opportunity now through July for the House to act on immigration reform this year. Leadership in the House of Representatives continues to refuse to act on immigration legislation, despite having enough bipartisan votes to enact a bill with a path to citizenship. Please […]

June 6, 2014

Action Alert, Immigration

Important Action Alert-Immigration Reform

Immigration Reform – Time is Running Out – Please Make a Call -Important Date – June 11 – Join with others in making a call Time is running out and the next few weeks could prove to be the last hope for true immigration reform until after the next Presidential Election […]

May 15, 2014

Action Alert, Immigration

Immigration Reform-Time is Running Out

Time is runing out for the House of Representatives to take up immigration reform. There are positive indications that the House Leadership will try to move a series of immigration reform bills in mid-June. The success of any immigration reform in June will need to be accompanied by a large push […]

March 31, 2014

Action Alert, Environmental Justice

Update on Fracking Waste Bill

The ONLY fracking waste ban Bill before the CT Legislature is SB 237 AN ACT PROHIBITING THE STORAGE OR DISPOSAL OF FRACKING WASTE IN CONNECTICUT. The Bill is out of Committee and is on its way to the State Senate. Please call your State Senator and tell him/her to get […]

March 18, 2014

Action Alert, Budget & Taxes, Women, Children, & Families

Time to Extend Unemployment Benefits

Take action: Please urge Congress to restore emergency Unemployment Insurance that offers immediate relief to more than 2 million workers and their families. Please take a moment to tell your Senators that you support restoring emergency Unemployment Insurance to millions of Americans that find themselves out of work. On March […]

February 3, 2014

Action Alert, Environmental Justice

Oppose Fracking Wastewater coming to Connecticut

It is possible that two bills may appear in the Connecticut Legislature this session with the storarge of fracking wastewater from neighboring states. One bill would propose that the EPA regulate the storing of this wastewater. The other, would propose a complete ban on fracking in Connecticut. Please contact your […]

January 23, 2014

Action Alert, Human Trafficking

January – Human Trafficking Awareness Month

Human Trafficking is Not a Sport –Super Bowl 2014 An estimated 21 million people, including children as your as age five, are trafficked for commercial sex or forced labor across our world today. Large sporting events, such as the Super Bowl, are known to provide a lucrative market for human […]

January 16, 2014

Action Alert, Global Issues, Third World Debt

Say “NO” for Fast Track for the Trans Pacific Partnership Trade Bill

The Obama Administration is now working on what could become the largest free-trade agreement ever negotiated. Called the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), it would include the United States, Canada, Mexico, Peru, Chile, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Vietnam and Japan. While being worked out in relative secrecy, what is known […]