How to sustain public hygiene and battle possible health hazards, possibly with strong chemicals, without poisoning the soil or thousands of people?
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posted by procrastinator
on Jun 10, 2013 -
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So I'm a Canadian citizen living in the US, which means I can't vote anywhere. But I still want to work for political change, on global warming in particular. I'm not trying to make myself feel good, I want to make a difference if possible through whatever legal and non-deceptive means are available to me (donations, volunteering, whatever). Help me find a way to do that.
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posted by goingonit
on Jun 9, 2013 -
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What is the best charity to give to in support of LGBT rights and activism? I'm in New Mexico but am open to donating to a national organization.
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posted by NoraReed
on Jun 2, 2013 -
11 answers
My school is currently working on a new "Respect for Freedom of Expression Policy".
A PDF of the latest draft is available here. I would appreciate any feedback about ways to improve it, especially from the perspective of allowing maximum free speech, protest, and dissent, and limiting the ability of the school to crack down on campus activism.
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posted by andoatnp
on May 21, 2013 -
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I coordinate a successful group of activists. Now, the family of our most active member has been implicated in a scandal. The group wants to work on the scandal; the member says he'll quit if we do. Is there a way to balance on this tightrope?
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 11, 2013 -
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I want to change the world. Or at least make it easier/faster/cheaper to send my niece and nephew, currently living
less than 500 miles from where I live, a flipping Christmas package. Who should I bother to help get this done?
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posted by SMPA
on Dec 19, 2012 -
21 answers
Suggestions for graphic novels that can be considered activist works.
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posted by Cuke
on Dec 13, 2012 -
39 answers
What rights (if any) do legal immigrants and/or lawful residents and citizens in the USA have to create political organizations in support of foreign political parties? Could you please point me to relevant legislature or communicate your own experience.
posted by carmina
on Oct 15, 2012 -
6 answers
What ideas do people have for a college campaign to get our Chick-fil-A removed from campus? A group of us have been meeting, talking, planning, strategizing, and I would love to hear any thoughts from other people about how to be effective and efficient with this.
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posted by davidstandaford
on Aug 28, 2012 -
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I remember reading an interview in which Noam Chomsky made connections between his work in linguistics and his later political activism.
Can anyone locate that interview, or perhaps another good essay that connects those two components of his career?
posted by mecran01
on Mar 29, 2012 -
4 answers
I'm looking for reading material written by or about political, progressive scientists who had/have productive technical careers as well as being politically active, and who saw/see their research in the context of political activism.
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posted by Scientist
on Mar 28, 2012 -
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I am applying for my school’s undergraduate honours political science program next semester. The application requires a description of specific interests in and outside of the field, including readings. What should I read that will appeal to my interests and impress the admissions folk?
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posted by Kingsk
on Dec 2, 2011 -
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I go to a California community college that writes course descriptions for every class it offers, but it doesn't display them on the actual class schedule. The college has an obscure web application (which I just found) that will give you the description if you enter in the course number, but it's barely advertised (it took me three semesters to find it). How do I go about getting the (much needed) course descriptions displayed with the class schedule? Is this an issue I need to join the ASB to get publicised? Is there another way to go about this? I want to make a stink, because for a year and a half now I've been dealing with inadequate or often nonexistent class descriptions which have made choosing the appropriate classes a challenge.
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posted by malapropist
on Nov 14, 2011 -
10 answers
Effective steps for the average American citizen to help to end our foreign wars?
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posted by Kwine
on Sep 13, 2011 -
21 answers
What other groups use a religious-like structure humourously as a form of activism, art, or community? Something along the veins of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence?
posted by divabat
on Aug 8, 2011 -
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Looking for specific suggestions of particularly innovative successful/popular US national-level grassroots right-wing civics activist groups (can be conservative, libertarian, religious, non-religious etc. etc; but not extremist) for an academic research project. We are especially interested in youth-focussed/web & new media-savvy/participatory culture savvy groups. Any research report (academic or non-academic) recommendations are most welcome too.
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posted by zresearch
on May 26, 2011 -
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Did you ever have a burning urge to do something significant that makes a difference in the world? How did you become that person? How did you figure out what is it that you wanted to do and how to get there?
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posted by xm
on Apr 14, 2011 -
12 answers
Point me to tools for small-group consensus decision making - that includes policies/methods for dealing with irregular meetings/membership?
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posted by yeloson
on Mar 10, 2011 -
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Finishing up a degree in statistics and econometrics, and I'm applying for a bunch of jobs in banking, finance and the public service. they tend to ask a lot about 'extra-curricular activities'. For most of my time at university my main extra-curricular activities involved radical left-wing political activism and organizing. Should I mention this at all, and if so, how?
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posted by moorooka
on Mar 6, 2011 -
14 answers
What are your best practices for collecting best practices? I would like to do this online somehow for a group of organizations.
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posted by zresearch
on Sep 10, 2010 -
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I'm updating my
Map of Awesome - who else should be on there? Looking for performance artists, schools, companies, places, and other things that share characteristics of activism, creativity, and pure awesome.
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posted by divabat
on Aug 18, 2010 -
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ActivistFilter: I'm done, I'm going rogue, I'm fighting the system, I'm doing it Guerrilla style, I'm 100% serious: Our first project is a documentary,
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posted by DetonatedManiac
on Jun 2, 2010 -
19 answers
What are the best books about civic engagement, activism, community organizing and social issues?
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posted by pecknpah
on Mar 3, 2010 -
12 answers
Beyond Film Distribution for Dummies: What do I need to know about distributing my feature-length grassroots documentary film? (specific q's inside)
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posted by mtgoldma
on Feb 9, 2010 -
3 answers
What can I do, while overseas, to help educate about/support/do
something about the healthcare debate happening in the US?
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posted by kalimac
on Aug 12, 2009 -
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I want to do something positive for mental health awareness aside from just engaging people on the subject when it comes up. Is there anyone out there I can consider donating my time or money to?
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posted by silby
on Jul 26, 2009 -
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I recycle, cycle, take the train, eat nearly no meat and don't buy useless stuff. But I know it's not enough.
What can I do about environmental/consumerism issues that goes beyond that but doesn't involve chasing whalers on a tiny boat in the Sea of Japan?
I'm especially interested about answers for things in the UK, but I'm academically interested in international things too.
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posted by Zarkonnen
on Apr 13, 2009 -
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I'm an Environmental Policy & Planning Major (3rd year). I've been applying to internships over the past weeks for Spring and Summer positions. Great news: I've already been accepted to Greenpeace's "Organizing Term" and I have two other positions I will soon hear a yes/no on for Spring.
Bad News: The Greenpeace Organizing Term program will cost me $4000. The program itself is an intensive mix of activities, virtually on a full-time basis (for 2 months of summer, out of 3), including classroom trainings, expeditions to other states (as well as another country for meeting with other international activists), media trainings, and some readings. All of it is included with the cost (including flight/transport/food for a week).
What to do? (More in the extended explanation):
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posted by Risiko
on Feb 14, 2009 -
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Could activists for social causes (e.g. global warming) learn something from the Obama campaign in how to effectively engage and mobilize people?
posted by GIMG
on Jan 22, 2009 -
13 answers
Are there any organizations directly supporting something analogous to a North American Union that people can join at a grassroots level?
If not, what's the most integrationist?
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posted by StrikeTheViol
on Jan 9, 2009 -
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My dad says that his generation is more altruistic and believes in/practices activism more than my generation. I say he is full of it. Help me prove him wrong!
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posted by rjacobs
on Dec 30, 2008 -
27 answers
What can I do to legally stop exploratory natural gas drilling within 1000 feet of my neighborhood?
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posted by TauLepton
on May 20, 2008 -
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Affinity groups and terrorist cells seem do well by them, but what possible combinations are there of autonomous organisation, and what are their main characteristics? What different ways are there to organise people according to a
cell model? I'm interested in an overview of different organisational structures and ways of calculating their characteristics.
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posted by monocultured
on Apr 16, 2008 -
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Can you point me to a good web platform for hosting a grassroots activism campaign, including supporter mailing lists and the ability to send customized emails to people in power?
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posted by Scram
on Apr 13, 2008 -
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I am looking for a quote that I heard or read recently, something along the lines of "It is pointless to struggle against overwhelming injustice; it is worse not to struggle against it" or "You ask how it is that I can expend effort fighting against an unchangeable, unjust system? I ask how it is that you can live with not doing so." I'm looking for the exact quote, and the book or essay or what-have-you in which it originally appeared that I can read for some context.
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posted by mistersix
on Jan 25, 2008 -
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To what extent does the idea of a "Catholic Left" still exist in the United States?
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posted by R. Mutt
on Nov 24, 2007 -
25 answers
We have a club that has just started and the purpose of the club is to create awareness and provide events that deal with: Humanitarian, Social, and Environmental Issues. In short it is an activism club. I was wondering of the metalfilter community could provide us with any events having to do with H/E/S issues (preferrably not just community service) and also perhaps links or resources. It would be greatly appreciated if you could all contribute before next Monday because we are beginning to lose the interest of many of our members due to the fact that we have not established any solid events. Much thanks to those that contribute! :]
posted by meta.mark
on Nov 19, 2007 -
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