Current Actions

• Protect LGBT Students from Harassment and Discrimination

  Every day, students in schools across the country face harassment and discrimination because of their real or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity. Feeling unsafe in school can lead to increased absenteeism, dropout rates, adverse health (including mental) consequences, and academic underachievement.
  
  The Student Non-Discrimination Act will help to ensure that discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students has no place in our country’s public schools. The legislation builds on existing protections for students based on their race, color, sex, religion, disability or national origin, and will provide LGBT students and their families with legal recourse against discriminatory treatment.
  

• Tell Congress: Fix SOPA!

  Congress has introduced the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), which could potentially result in the takedown of large amounts of non-infringing content from the internet, violating our First Amendment rights.

  Tell Congress to oppose SOPA in its current form.

• It's Time to Modernize our Privacy Law

  In 1986, there was no World Wide Web, nobody carried a cell phone, and the only "social networking" two-year-old Mark Zuckerberg was doing was at pre-school or on play dates.

  1986 was also the year that the law that protects the privacy of your electronic life — email, cell phone location records, Facebook posts, search history and cloud computing documents — was passed.

  On October 21, 2011, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 (ECPA) turned 25.

  This outdated privacy law is allowing the government to engage in a shopping spree in the treasure trove of information about who you are, where you go, and what you do, that is being collected by cell phone providers, search engines, social networking sites, and other websites every day.

  Online privacy law shouldn't be older than the Web. Ask Congress for a privacy upgrade today!

  *Some individuals may be asked for their address to identify their Congressperson. This information is used for legislative targeting purposes only and will not be shared.

• "I Stand for Reproductive Freedom in Tennessee" Petition

  In Tennessee, we are currently facing an all-out assault on reproductive freedom on many fronts, including:

  • Stripping privacy protections for abortion from the Tennessee Constitution… read more
  • Establishing a fetus as a person under the law, regardless of viability…read more
  • Burdening reproductive health care providers…read more

  It’s time to join together to protect Tennesseans’ reproductive rights.  Sign the petition to say "I stand for reproductive freedom in Tennessee” and to stay abreast of a developing campaign spearheaded by women’s health, civil liberties and civic groups.
  
  Thank you for using your voice.
  
  Please enter your zip code to view the petition text.