Opportunities for civic action suggested by the Franciscan Peace Center.
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> Urge Congress to stop the flow of illegal weapons into Haiti
> Urge Congress to defeat the "Energy Permitting Reform Act"
> Urge Congress to reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Prevention Act
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> Urge the department of Transportation to insure the safety of communities near carbon pipelines.
> Urge Congress to support the Trafficking Survivors Relief Act
> Urge Congress to fully fund housing programs and protect renters
> Support the campaign for a U.S. Department of Peacebuilding
> Support a grant program that will speed up immigration appeals
> Urge Congress to pass the Billionaires Income Tax
> Urge Congress to ban assault weapons and protect kids from unsecured guns
> Urge Congress and the president to adopt a "no first use" policy for nuclear weapons
> Urge the U.S. Forest Service to protect the nation's forests
> Urge Congress to fight poverty by expanding the Child Tax Credit
> Urge the EPA to hold power plants accountable for toxic coal ash disposal
> Urge Congress to oppose efforts by election deniers to prevent passage of government funding bill
> Urge Congress to oppose a $20 billion arms transfer to Israel
> Urge Congress to demand a ceasefire, deescalation and access to humanitarian relief in Gaza
> Urge Congress to prevent AI from making nuclear deployment decisions
> Urge lawmakers to support the Break Free from Plastic Pollution Act
> Urge Congress to ban Congressional stock trading
> Urge Congress to provide permanent citizenship for Afghan refugees
> Urge the State Department to support the Global Plastics Treaty
> Urge Congress to support an immediate ceasefire in the Middle East
> Urge Procter & Gamble to embrace sustainable sourcing for toilet paper
> Urge Congress to regulate "dark money"
> Urge Congress to stop arming drug cartels
> Remind Congress that we deserve a world free of nuclear weapons
> Urge Congress to protect climate funding for FY 2025
> Urge Congress to make polling places gun-free
> Urge Congress to pass the Forest Act, regulating products related to illegal deforestation
> Urge the State of Iowa to enroll in the USDA's 2025 summer nutrition program for school children
> Urge Governor Reynolds to end the legal defense of Iowa's "Criminal Re-Entry" Law
> Support the Iowa bishop's statement on immigration reform
> Support the Farm System Reform Act
> Support passage of the John Lewis Voting Rights Act
> Urge Congress to stop funding for the Sentinel ICBM
> Urge Congress to support alternatives to the criminalization of homelessness
> Support the EPA's effort to eliminate forever chemicals from drinking water
> Urge Congress to fund the national trafficking hotline
> Urge Iowa to make voter registration automatic
> Urge Congress to protect a rule banning unlicensed gun sales
> Urge Congress to support humane and reasonable border policies
> Urge Congress to support climate justice for developing countries
> Urge Congress to cut Pentagon waste
> Urge Congress to support nuclear arms control diplomacy
> Oppose the construction of offshore facilities to recover and export crude oil and gas
> Urge the U.S. government to press for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza
> Urge the Department of the Interior to protect public lands from fossil fuel development
> Urge Congress to pass the PRO Act protecting workers' rights to organize and bargain
> Urge Congress to ban felony disenfranchisement
> Urge Congress to ban trading in water futures
> Urge Congress to support unaccompanied children and their caregivers
> Sign the Global Plastics Treaty
> Urge the governor to end incarceration of trafficking victims
> Support the Break Free from Plastic Pollution Act
> Urge Congess to support the Freedom to Vote Act
> Urge Congress to support recent environmental protection rules
> Urge Congress to halt deportations of displaced Haitians
> Urge Congress to strengthen Supplementary Nutrition Assistance
> Urge Congress to support arms control diplomacy
> Support efforts to cap bank overdraft fees
> Urge members of Congress to cosign the End Solitary Confinement Act
> Urge the Senate to pass the bipartisan child tax credit and low-income housing tax credit
> Urge EPA to ban the herbicide paraquat
> Express solidarity with Annunciation House in El Paso
> Urge Congress to protect tax credits for Affordable Care premiums
> Urge Congress to keep guns out of the hands of children
> Urge members of Congress to advocate for the elimination of ICBMs
> Urge Congress to prioritize poverty, hunger and climate change
> Urge big banks to stop funding coal power
> Urge governments with nuclear weapons to adopt a no-first-strike pledge
> Urge Congress to recognize the disproportionate impact climate change has on children
> Support legislation to regulate arms sales to Mexico
> Urge Congress to reject extreme anti-immigration policies
> Protest carbon dumping in our national forests
> Urge Congress to withhold military funding for Israel and demand a ceasefire
> Urge Congress to address the disparity between CEO and worker incomes
> Urge Congress to protect the national trafficking hotline
> Urge Congress to reinstate the ban on assault weapons