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87 signatures so far! [view all signatures] Petition created by: The Change We Knead Now We petition the Honorable Barak Obama, President of the United States to implement the following six changes to start fulfilling the promises of his historic campaign to the American people. 1. Implement universal, government-paid ( single-payer ) healthcare for all - Good physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health is essential for a peaceful democratic society, and for individuals to be productive. This should be the FIRST priority as to how our wealth in this country is used. Not-for-profit universal, government-paid ( single-payer ) healthcare is a necessity for accomplishing WORLD PEACE. 2. Free federal prisoner Leonard Peltier by executive order today - His imprisonment is a grave injustice against all Native Americans and against Native rights and human rights. His conviction is a blatant abuse of the power of the American justice system, for the purpose of repressing Native American sovereignty. We need the wisdom of Native American Elder, Leonard Peltier, in these times of change to accomplish WORLD PEACE. 3. Solar energy collectors available for every house - Abundant sustainable, clean, solar and wind energy systems provided by the government at no cost for low income people, and subsidized for all who can afford to buy, on a non-profit basis. This is a real solution to the crisis of climate change. This provides decentralized protection from terrorist attacks on the power grid and helps bring an end to dependence on foreign oil. Every human being needs energy to prosper, and plenty of energy for all is a necessity for accomplishing WORLD PEACE. 4. Passenger trains connecting every city - Affordable, clean transportation, operated on a non-profit basis, is a benefit to the peaceful, prosperous coexistence of all people. This takes thousands of cars off our highways and will create thousands of jobs to build and maintain a nationwide passenger train system powered by wind and solar energy, that rivals Europe's system. Transportation sensitive to the environment is necessary for WORLD PEACE. 5. Organic gardening classes in every school - Organic food production must be taught in every school from first grade through college, as a basic educational requirement. Food is the most basic human need (along with peaceful coexistence with our fellow human beings). Clean, natural, sustainable non-genetically-modified food production, and nutrition education, are the lowest-cost, most effective and efficient health insurance. Organic farming is essential to solving world hunger, and our climate change crisis, and is a necessity for accomplishing WORLD PEACE. 6. Call for a global ceasefire - It is time to stop shooting at each other, end war, and stop legal killing. The money saved from standing down the military, and the example of sincerely honoring all human life, would encourage the best efforts in all peoples and nations towards WORLD PEACE. THE CHANGE WE KNEAD NOW - BAKE BREAD FOR WORLD PEACE P.O. Box 424 - Arroyo Seco, NM 87514 USA thechangewekneadnow.net 575-770-3377 87 have signed so far - help us get to 999,000.  We have achieved 0.01% of our goal. Let's keep going! Sign the petition! Details, Impact and Progress THE CHANGE WE KNEAD NOW - BAKE BREAD FOR WORLD PEACE call for nonviolent civil action. Sit with us outside the White House and bake bread for World Peace in Lafayette Park starting July 4th, 2009 June 15, 2009 Dear friends, We hope you are doing well. The World Peace Week went great and this proposal is one of the ideas generated. We value your input and would be honored if you would review our proposed action. Please consider endorsing this action and petition. We see that many of Obama's supporters are growing disillusioned as he has not implemented the ideas they felt he stood for, and many say that something must be done this summer to stop his drift way from the change he was elected to champion. We spent trillions to bail out America's corporations, now it's time to bail out the American people. Obama said we would need to push him to do the right thing. This is our time. We have chosen six changes we believe Obama can enact this year, and that would have the most impact toward returning power to the public, providing jobs, slowing climate change, and providing economic stability and security for the future. We saw how easy it was to find trillions of dollars to bail out the financial industry. It is clear that Obama can find the trillions needed to implement the changes that will benefit all the people in this country that voted for him. Our proposed strategy involves sitting outside the White House with a petition of six changes. Some of us will bake bread in solar ovens to hand out to the hungry. We intend to have hundreds, and then thousands of people sitting outside the White House at any one time. We will give the signed petitions to Obama. It is legal to sit in front of the White House and it is legal to have a petition and bake bread in a solar oven. The solar oven is a symbol of just how easy to is to replace an oil-based society with a solar-powered future. Nuclear power and "clean" coal are NOT the alternative energy America voted for. As thousands sit outside the White House promoting these changes, supporters at home can show their support by downloading the petition and having it signed by their friends, family and coworkers. Supporters can organize local civil actions baking bread in solar ovens. We can also wear or display THE RAINBOW RIBBON OF WORLD PEACE to show how many support our six changes. It is clear that Obama is listening to the interests of America's corporate rulers. The American people must take action to get his attention and make it necessary for his administration to make the bold changes his supporters elected him to implement. Letters, e-mails and phone calls have not applied enough pressure against the power of corporate lobbyists, campaign contributions, and media spin, to create the change we need now! Please review our proposal and provide us with your thoughts. Thanks so much. Sincerely yours, Franco Mares and Keith McHenry ### FLYER THE CHANGE WE KNEAD NOW - BAKE BREAD FOR WORLD PEACE call for nonviolent civil action. Sit with us outside the White House and bake bread for WORLD PEACE starting July 4, 2009 in Lafayette Park outside the White House in Washington D.C. Everyone is invited to join us outside the White House in support of the changes Americans voted for in the historic election of Obama. We spent trillions to bail out America's corporations now it s time to bail out the American people. On July 4, 2009 we will start baking bread with the sun outside the White House and ask people to sign this petition: PETITION - THE CHANGE WE KNEAD NOW - BAKE BREAD FOR WORLD PEACE 1. Implement universal government-paid (Single-Payer) healthcare for all 2. Free federal prisoner Leonard Peltier by executive order today 3. Solar energy collectors available for every house 4. Passenger trains connecting every city 5. Organic gardening classes in every school 6. Call for a global ceasefire Sit with us outside the White House to inspire Obama to implement the proposals of this petition within a year. America voted for change, but so far corporate America has high-jacked our dreams. This is the moment when Obama's supporters can push his administration to fulfill the mandate of his victory. Obama has the power to begin implementing these six priorities by July 4, 2010, so consider joining us outside the White House. (You don't need to bake bread to participate) Imagine thousands of people sitting peacefully outside the White House day after day, encouraging President Obama to implement the changes he promised to the people who elected him to office. Help us bake bread in solar ovens to share with the hungry in the nation's capital, as well as providing bread for the people sitting in support of making a better future for all. Baking bread will be a visible example of the power and strength of the sun, and a united people. Imagine Obama positively responding to this petition and enacting these changes by July 4, 2010. Following the examples of Mohandas Gandhi, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King Jr. please join our nonviolent sit-in for a positive future while we have a chance. HOW THIS ALL STARTED "It's so sad to see Obama miss his chance to make the changes America voted for. I think we should go sit in front of the White House and bake bread in solar ovens." - Keith McHenry "I'll go with you Keith as long as we can petition Obama to free Leonard Peltier." - Franco Mares ( At the first annual World Peace Week, Taos New Mexico ) DOWNLOAD THE FLYER (legal size paper) http://thechangewekneadnow.net/flyer.html Endorsed by: Cindy Sheehan, Country Joe McDonald - Singer/Songwriter, John Nichols - Author of The Milagro Beanfield War, Franco Mares - Singer/Songwriter, The Taos Peace House and Infoshop, Keith McHenry - cofounder of Food Not Bombs THE CHANGE WE KNEAD NOW - BAKE BREAD FOR WORLD PEACE P.O. Box 424 - Arroyo Seco, NM 87514 USA thechangewekneadnow.net 575-770-3377 ### Please review our proposal and offer suggestions. Do we have too many demands? What would you add or change? What do you like best about the proposal? ### PLEDGE THE CHANGE WE KNEAD NOW - BAKE BREAD FOR WORLD PEACE call for nonviolent civil action. Sit with us outside the White House and bake bread for WORLD PEACE starting July 4, 2009 in Lafayette Park in Washington D.C. Consider taking your vacation and join us outside the White House. One or two weeks of participation would be a rewarding way to spend your summer break. If you can participate all July or all August that is really helpful. If you have the freedom to stay until every point on the petition is achieved, fantastic! What ever time you can dedicate is so important to changing the direction of the country and the world. Each participant is invited to sit in blocks of a few hours at a time throughout the day. We will try to provide free food to help keep the vigil going. This is our time to to inspire Obama to advance the positive changes we need now! I agree to sit out side the White House from ___________ To____________. I will bring _______pounds of flour. I will bring a solar oven. Yes/No I will bring a water bottle. Yes/No I will bring a comfortable blanket or pad to sit on and a rain coat or umbrella. Yes/No I will help collect food and cook meals for the action. Yes/No I will bring _______friends to join the action. I will ask my group ___________________to endorse The Change We Knead Now campaign. I will post ______ flyers announcing campaign. I will get as many people as I can to sign the petition. Yes/No I will send a letter to my congress person and the local media about why I am participating in The Change We Knead Now campaign. Yes/No Name________________________________________________________ Phone________________________________________________________ email_________________________________________________________ I agree to be nonviolent during this legal civil action. Signature________________________________________Date__________ Sign and mail to: The Change We Knead Now, P.O. Box 424, Arroyo Seco, NM 87514 USA DOWNLOAD THE PLEDGE (legal size paper) http://thechangewekneadnow.net/pledge.html Endorsed by: Cindy Sheehan, Country Joe McDonald - Singer/Songwriter, John Nichols - Author of The Milagro Beanfield War, Franco Mares - Singer/Songwriter, The Taos Peace House and Infoshop, Keith McHenry - cofounder of Food Not Bombs THE CHANGE WE KNEAD NOW - BAKE BREAD FOR WORLD PEACE P.O. Box 424 - Arroyo Seco, NM 87514 USA thechangewekneadnow.net 575-770-3377 Note: This service is provided as a service to TakingITGlobal Members. This petition does not necessarily represent the views of TakingITGlobal as an organization. |
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