Author: Emily Dhatt
By Emily Dhatt. Friday, May 24 2013
Damian Garcia, a senior at St. Pius High School, asked to walk in a boys’ black cap and gown for graduation. Damian had legally changed his name and his family, friends, classmates, and teachers all knew him as male, but his school refused to recognize his gender identity—just because his birth certificate reads “female.” That’s why Torrey Moorman and her two sons started a MoveOn Petition to the school’s principal asking that Damian be allowed to walk in a boys’ cap and gown.
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high school | trans | transgender
By Emily Dhatt. Thursday, May 23 2013
Restaurant-sponsored proposed regulations in Amherst, New York, threatened the burgeoning food truck market with restricted hours and zones, as wells as heavy permit fees. Concerned that the burdensome regulations would stifle vital new businesses in Amherst, Jeremy Horwitz started a MoveOn Petition to the town board.
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Food | food trucks
By Emily Dhatt. Tuesday, May 21 2013
When Proposition C, a ballot measure demanding that Los Angeles legislators support a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United, came up for a vote, Trent Lange of the California Clean Money Campaign started a MoveOn Petition asking L.A. voters to support the measure.
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By Emily Dhatt. Wednesday, May 15 2013
Connecticut resident Melissa Pericolosi started a MoveOn Petition to stop the state police from using 30 acres of the Meshomasic State Forest as a firearms training facility.
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By Emily Dhatt. Wednesday, May 15 2013
Florida honor student Kiera Wilmot faced not only expulsion, but also criminal charges, when she was accused of conducting an unauthorized science experiment on her high school campus. The resulting social media outcry included several MoveOn Petitions demanding that prosecutors drop the charges against her.
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Change | moveon | MoveOn Petition | Moveon victory | Progressive | Victory
By Emily Dhatt. Tuesday, May 7 2013
When a house bill in Montana threatened to allow guns on school campuses and other public places, Andy Pelosi of GunFreeKids.org took action by starting a MoveOn Petition.
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gun control | Montana | moveon | MoveOn Victories | Progressive | Victory
By Emily Dhatt. Monday, May 6 2013
Celeste Greig, head of the California Republican Assembly, told the media that pregnancies by rape are rare “because it’s an act of violence, because the body is traumatized.” The Courage Campaign started a MoveOn Petition calling for Greig’s resignation from her leadership position over the unscientific, offensive comments.
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moveon | MoveOn Victories | Moveon victory | moveon.org | Women's rights
By Emily Dhatt. Thursday, May 2 2013
Rhode Island’s marriage equality bill had already passed in the state House when Lisa Roseman Beade started a MoveOn Petition to state senators asking for their support.
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Gay Marriage | marriage | Marriage Equality
By Emily Dhatt. Thursday, April 25 2013
Montana legislators wanted to block federal family planning money from coming into the state via the Title X federal grant program, which would cut access to critical medical services for low-income Montanans. So Stephanie McDowells started a MoveOn Petition asking members of the Montana Legislature to accept the funding.
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By Emily Dhatt. Tuesday, April 23 2013
Education cuts threatened funding for the Arkansas Governor’s Distinguished Scholars Program, a full scholarship for top high school students who attend in-state colleges. So Jackson Fitzgibbon started a MoveOn Petition to Governor Mike Beebe.
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