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Petition: Keep America’s Children Safe
- Posted to Save the Children
To: President Obama and U.S. Congress
I
support the call for a National Commission on Children’s Safety. Every child
deserves a happy and safe childhood. But for too many, including the 20 young
lives lost in Newtown, CT, that isn’t a reality.
On behalf of America’s children, we call on President Obama and Congress to
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During the State of the Union address on February 12, 2013 President Obama will describe where we stand as a nation—our triumphs, our shortcomings and our obligation to build a better future for children.
We have been made starkly aware of where America is falling short in its promise to our own children in the past several months. From staggering childhood poverty rates, to inadequate disaster preparedness, to the tragic events in Newtown, we are not giving today's children the tools they need to be healthy, safe, and successful.
That's why Save the Children is joining forces with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation, Catholic Charities USA, Child Care Aware® of America, Children's Health Fund, Every Child Matters, First Focus, Girls Inc., Harlem Children's Zone, KaBOOM!, National Association of School Nurses, Share Our Strength, and the YMCA to call on President Obama and Congress to establish a new National Commission on Children to ensure the safety and well-being of every child.
I hope each one of you will sign the petition and share it with your network to show the White House that we have the momentum, the commitment, and the collective voice of tens of thousands of Americans to demand meaningful change for children.
Thank you for your support.Warmly,
Mark Shriver
Sr.
Vice President, U.S. Programs
Save
the Children
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Update #5
Posted by Ettore Rossetti (Campaign Leader) on Feb 14
(The White House)
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Update #4
Posted by Ettore Rossetti (Campaign Leader) on Feb 14When nearly 100,000 speak out for kids, the White House listens. Thank you for signing our petition on Causes and sharing with your friends. If you still need to sign, it is not too late to make your voice heard and help us surpass our goal today.
During the State of the Union address, President Barack Obama urged America to "come together to protect our most precious resource – our children." The President laid out a clear and compelling roadmap to helping families, especially...
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Update #3
Posted by Ettore Rossetti (Campaign Leader) on Feb 12The State of the Union address is tonight, but there's still time for you to take action today! Join more than 96,000 Americans to tell President Obama that the safety of our children needs to be a priority. Jonathan Capehart of The Washington Post agrees: "All that's needed is for Obama to say the word and to go as boldly as the advocates want." http://wapo.st/VbOzUz
If you haven't already, please sign our petition today and share with 10 friends so they can join the movement. Together, we can be the voice for children.
Thank you!
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Update #2
Posted by Mark Shriver (Campaign Leader) on Feb 8On behalf of the coalition to create a National Commission on Children, thank you for signing our petition. In just three weeks, more than 75,000 people have joined us in asking President Obama's administration to make our country's children a priority. And I am happy to report that they are listening!
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I met with top officials at the White House this week, along with a few other coalition members. We discussed the President's upcoming State of the Union address and pressed for the... -
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Posted by Ettore Rossetti (Campaign Leader) on Feb 6Tune in to HuffPost Live at 3pm EST TODAY: http://huff.lv/XjCWt3. Mark Shriver, our Senior VP, will be talking to host Josh Zepps about protecting kids in America from poverty and violence. Save the Children, along with more than 16 other advocacy groups, are calling on President Obama and Congress to establish a new National Commission on Children. If you haven't signed the petition already, take action now! http://www.causes.com/actions/1729938-keep-americas-children-safe
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Banning certain guns and clips will do NOTHING to stop the violence. It's PEOPLE that kill! Ask Australia how their gun ban went! CRIME INCREASED! DEATHS INCREASED! People living there now do not feel safe because the CRIMINALS have the guns and citizens can't defend themselves!
Rebecca Wearsch I don't believe you've understood the stats or the facts, are you getting your arguments from the NRA? More people have died at the hands of others in the US than have ever been killed by war, did you know that? The quote about Australia is inacurrate and also what about here in the UK? The USA has 100,000 firearms incidents each year, of which 10,000 end in death!
Christopher Sawwa, honestly, try some facts for a change. Most deaths involving firearms in the U.S. are due to the stupid drug war. The "Kids" being killed are little goblins in the drug trade blowing each other away with guns they stole while living in places where only the bad guys are allowed to have firearms.
We pat the little goblins on the head, blame society and firearms and send them on their merry ways with a stop over in prisons that are better than many hotels around the world. Free dental and all. After this, we are shocked, shocked! That they remain in criminal gangs until some other goblin zaps them.
In Australia, violent crime is UP while that in the U.S. is dropping, over all. This in spite of more firearms in the hands of private citizens.
As for the few, very few loons who decide to shoot up a theater or school, where do they go? Magical, "Gun Free Zones" where they know they will be safe to try for "High Score".
Pois é, crianças, faz agente pensar, que para elas o futuro precisa ser melhor, e o melhor de tudo é uma boa educação, isso não podemos jamais esquecer!
A educação é o começo de tudo aquilo que elas precisam!
E a educação da criança esta na cultura,e um valor adquirido pela vida!!!
Unfortunately, far too many guns kept in a family home for "safety from outsiders" wind up being used to kill beloved family members, whether by accident, (such as children who find the guns - PARENTS AT FAULT ON THIS ONE!), and spouses who wind up shooting each other during the "passion" of an argument or all out fight. I will NEVER keep a gun in our home! Tricia in NJ ~.
Tricia, would you feel safer putting a sign in front of your house saying "TRICIA'S HOUSE IS A GUN FREE ZONE"? When the bad guys come, just call 911 so the police will know where to come and draw the chalk outlines around your body.
Me, I feel safer with my guns and teaching my children (ages 11 and 8) the safe use of them, like my father taught me, his father taught him, etc, etc. Never been a single gun incident in any of our houses. It's called 'knowledge' which overcomes irrational fear of inanimate objects or blathering, semi-literate politicians pulling your heart strings.
BTW: How many deaths have been caused by politicians?
Drew Shedwick, my daughter's husband keeps a gun in the house, as did generations of farmers before him -- and, as in your family, he first TAUGHT my daughter how to use it, and it is properly locked up, separate from the bullets. When the kids are old enough, they will ALSO be taught proper gun use AND the understanding that it IS a deadly weapon. I completely understand what you're saying. Unfortunately, I"M the "crazy one" in this household, lol, so maybe it's ME I'm afraid would misuse it! LOL! Tricia ~
Help us to help them dear Lord!
I also am a cashier at WalMart. Wish we could stop selling firearms and limit the amount of alcohol we sell.
42.000 children die in a day due to starvation. It is more than shame of our civilization. USA spends 60% of its budget towards war. Why and for whose benefit?
The same military that saved mankind from the ignorant, shortsighted Eurotrash TWICE in the last 100 years. The same military that kept the murdering psychopaths like Stalin, Mao, Kim, Pol Pot from killing more than the 100+ million they combined to kill in the name of "social justice" The same military that comes to the aid of every other nation that suffers a disaster. The same military who design weapons and tactics to reduce the death and suffering of noncombatants. The same military that rebuilt most of the world following the conflagrations of the last century.
Activists talk a lot but accomplish nothing. The military accomplishes much but talks little.