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Time for Action: Small acts of resistance will make a differance


12/15/12Ricken Patel - Avaaz.org
Dear friends,



Think of a petition you'd like to start on any issue -- it takes just a few minutes to create your own campaign! If your petition takes off, it may become an Avaaz campaign -- either to members in your area, or even to the whole world. 

Start a campaign
This is a huge moment for Avaaz. If you join in, we might just move from having a small team of 50 campaigners to having 50,000!! 

When I started Avaaz, it was just a crazy idea. But I loved the idea, and shared it, and now it's an idea that 17,000,000 people share! It blows me away how every day Avaaz members send in brilliant and important ideas for new campaigns to create the world we all want -- but it's more than our small staff could ever carry out alone. 

So, to unlock all the incredible potential of our community to change the world, we developed our website tools to allow anyone to instantly start their *own* online petitions, tell friends, and win campaigns.

Avaazers have already won incredible victories -- When thousands signed Shanker's petition to save fellow Indians locked in Bahrain by abusive employers, India's biggest paper said his "lone voice earning support from thousands on the internet" helped to free the workers. In New Zealand, 17-year old Leona's petition to protect a pristine marine reserve from polluting fish farms was signed by so many people that a major newspaper said it "highlighted overwhelming public opposition" and made it an issue politicians couldn't ignore. 

It is super easy to do. Think of a petition you'd like to start on any issue -- something in your local community, some injustice by a distant corporation, or a global cause that you think others would care about. If your petition takes off, it may become an Avaaz campaign -- either to members in your area, or even to the whole world! Click here to get started -- it takes just a few minutes to create your own campaign! 

http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/start_a_petition/?cl=2287433075&v=20159 

I'm so excited about this. In just six years, Avaaz has run an incredible number of hard-hitting campaigns and grown to be the largest-ever global movement for change, all with just a tiny staff -- imagine what's possible with all of us starting and winning amazing campaigns! I can't wait. 

With much respect and hope, 

Ricken 

P.S. If you're not yet ready to start your own campaign, consider forwarding this email to a friend. We all know someone who's itching to change the world or some piece of it -- and this new tool is a powerful way to do it: http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/start_a_petition/?cl=2287433075&v=20159 


SOURCES: 

Online campaign to aid of Indian workers in Bahrain (The Times of India)
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-20/madurai/32763903_1_bahrain-travel-ban-nass-corporation 

Teen presents salmon farm petition (Marlborough Express)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/8068039/Teen-presents-salmon-farm-petition 




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