Weekly Justice Highlights

Empowering Peace: The international community is invited to urge President Obama to start troop withdrawal from Afghanistan next month.  Additionally, urge U.S. Representatives to co-sponsor H.R. 1735, the Afghanistan Exit and Accountability Act.

Care of Earth: CNN has an ad portraying an Exxon Mobil geologist who makes hydrofracking – a dangerous, destructive process used to extract natural gas from rock. Watch the ad and urge CNN to remove the ad.

Care of Earth: Mountaintop removal mining is threatening one of our country's most historic sites, Blair Mountain -- the site of the largest labor uprising in U.S. history. Urge Randy Huffman, Director of the West Virginia DEP to save America's history from mountaintop removal.

Other Potential Actions:
The trial of 21 total opposition figures, seven in absentia, in Bahrain is politically motivated and unjust. Many of the defendants are likely to be prisoners of conscience detained solely for peacefully exercising their rights to freedom of expression and assembly, who should be released immediately and unconditionally. Urge Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to speak out about these human rights abuses and to send an observer to the trial.

Urge U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice to call for an investigation into the violence of the Sudanese Government attack on Abyei and hold the perpetrators responsible.

Urge U.S. Representatives to support the Housing Trust Fund and work to oppose any attempt to remove the authorization that was passed in July 2008 by editing a message.

Urge CA Governor Jerry Brown to protect farm workers by signing the recently passed Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Act (SB 104) that will ensure the laws on the books become the laws in the fields.

FY 2012 Budget remains unresolved. The consistent message to members of Congress is protect the safety-net for our children, elders and those unable to work or find work. Talking points for creating a message are here.

Urge Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to allow Vermont to implement its better health care plan for universal coverage.

Louisville: The Louisville Sustainable Living Fair will take place on June 24 from 5 to 9 p.m. on Rastetter Street (between Payne Street and Frankfort Ave). This is free and open to the community.

Louisville: On June 13 from 4 to 6 p.m. at Jefferson Square Park (6th and Jefferson), MensWork is sponsoring a Dad's Rally in an effort to take a stand against dating violence and for gender respect.  More information is found at http://www.mensworkinc.com/