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Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Issues 2010 Buyer's Guide Every year the Human Rights Campaign issues a buyer's guide, highlighting businesses and corporations that are banning discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. In addition, these businesses provide benefits for GLBT employees and their families and do so publicly. The idea of the guide is to allow individual consumers to support businesses that support equality by doing business with those companies.  ...

Announcing Change Corps' first monthly recurring activity, the "Change Corps Sandwich Club" benefitting SEARCH.

Find out more about Stephen Costello, candidate for Houston City Council, At-Large Position 1.

Give A Day, Get A Disney Day HandsOn Network and Disney Parks are celebrating the power of volunteerism with a brand new program entitled “Give A Day, Get A Disney Day.” Individuals and families who give their time to help improve communities will receive a free one-day ticket to a Disney theme park. The goal is to engage one million volunteers in service in 2010. Here are the details: - Who is eligible: Residents in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico - How volunteers ...

Noel Freeman offers Houston "Solutions, not Soundbytes" Houston City Council Candidate Noel Freeman, candidate for Houston City Council, At-Large Position 4, released a new campaign offering Houstonians solutions to some of the problems facing our city, rather than soundbytes with no substance behind them. The three public policy papers address Flooding and Drainage, Promoting Community Health Clinics and Giving Houstonians a greater voice on our City Council by allowing their ...

Candidates Who Care Candidate - Anna Eastman Running for - HISD Trustee District I website - www.annaeastmanforhisd.com I met Anna Eastman during the Democratic Primary last year. My neighborhood is the Houston Heights, and we were lucky enough to have an Obama office just around the corner from our house. Every time I would go into that office, I would see Anna Eastman. She was a fixture at that location and one of the hardest workers I have had the priviliege to ...

Houston's BARC - How you can help today! If you've been watching the news in Houston, you know that problems with Houston's Bureau of Animal Regulation and Control has been under fire for quite sometime. Animal rights activists have been fighting for the health and wellfare of the animals at BARC for years after mistreatment of the animals by employees and deplorable conditions at the facility. Recently there has been a big push by volunteers to help pick-up the slack at the ...

Change Corps honors members with Presidental Volunteer Service Award America has a long and proud tradition of volunteer service. Now more than ever, volunteers are renewing their commitment to helping others and making new connections that bring us closer together as families, as neighbors, as communities, and as a Nation. The President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation (the Council) was established in 2003 to recognize the valuable contributions volunteers are making in our ...

Change Corps Member & Obama Volunteer Noel Freeman Runs for Houston City Council, At-Large, Position 4 Change Corps member and Obama volunteer Noel Freeman has announced his candidacy for Houston City Council, At-Large Position 4. Freeman was a founding member of the Obama Volunteer Corps as well as Change Corps Houston. He continues to participate in all of the volunteer events organized by Change Corps and has acted as the group's official Historian. Noel ...

In January Change Corps will be volunteering in the Independence Heights neighborhood of Houston, learn more about this historically significant neighborhood.

Share Your Blessings Adopt-A-Family This year Change Corps worked in conjunction with Catholic Charities as a sponsor organization for a family in need. Sometimes we forget how fortunate many of us are in comparison to our neighbors in need. This year CORPS sponsored a family of four, providing them with gifts to make their holiday season a little brighter. With the help of our members, we were able to provide gift baskets of hygiene products to all family members, as well ...

Change Corps - December Events Hey everyone. Just to give everyone an update on volunteer events that are taking place this month, here's a summary. All of these events can be viewed and signed up for by visiting the EVENTS section of the website. In addition, several are events that you can do from the comforts of your own home! How cool is that? (It's pretty cool) American Red Cross Holiday Mail for Heroes Summary - The American Red Cross and Pitney Bowes are ...

On Thanksgiving Day Change Corps was fortunate enough to take part in the 24th Annual Thanksgiving Superfeast. Hundreds of volunteers showed up to serve a delicious Thanksgiving meal to those in need, or those that just wanted some company on their Thanksgiving. Despite the warmer than usual weather, volunteers showed up in droves looking to lend help to their fellow Houstonians. This year's Superfeast was sponsored by Waste Management Inc, with help from Walmart. It ...

The Presidental campaign of President-Elect Barack Obama created more than a movement of individuals interested in working toward electing a political candidate to office, it created a movement of people thirsting for change where they live. More than that, it inspired millions of people to stand up and start taking part in their communities. That was the reason that the Obama Volunteer Corps began. We wanted to harness the tremendous energy of the campaign and be a part of a ...

CORPS participated in a clean-up of Olivewood Cemetery earlier this year. Olivewood contains the remains of some of Houston's first African American residents and some of the first freed slaves in our area. Over the last year, Olivewood has been caught up in a legal battle between two organizations attempting to gain control over the property. The organization that CORPS worked with earlier was 'The Descendants of Olivewood', a group made-up by actual descendants of the ...

On November 4, 2008, the voters of this country stood together and stated in a firm, unified voice that they wanted change. Senator Barack Obama won the general election and will become the next President of the United States of America. This enormous step forward for our country was not done by powerful lobbying organizations, it wasn't done by multi-millionaires looking out for their own self-interest, it wasn't done with the politics of fear and division - it was done by ...

FREE RIDE TO VOTE! Vote NOW Houston is a non-profit organization with the goal of increasing voter participation in the Houston general election. With the assistance of Houston Yellow Cab, they are providing free cab rides to the voters that will take them to the polls and return them to their point of origin. This service is being provided for early voting as well as voting on November 4. Click on the weblink below and read the information on Home, Reservations, and Frequently Asked ...

TO: FELLOW OBAMA ATTORNEY FROM: PHILIP H. HILDER OBAMA VOTER PROTECTION COORDINATOR HOUSTON AREA RE: VOTER PROTECTION SUBJECT: ATTORNEY RECRUITMENT DATE: OCTOBER 21, 2008 It is important to deploy a voter protection team of attorneys to ensure the rights of voters and to prevent Barack Obama supporters from wrongfully being denied the right to vote. Senator Obama and the Democratic ticket need your assistance to assure that the rights of Texas voters are ...

Obama for America has suggestions on how you can help up until Election Day!

Houston Obama Supporters, The election is finally here! There is still work to be done here locally and across the United States to elect Senator Obama! First off, GO VOTE TODAY! Early Vote Started Today! Click here for a listing of Early Vote Locations in Harris County: http://www.hcdp08.org/getinvolved/vote/early/ If you are interested in working any of the Early Vote Polls for Obama and helping spread the word to folks in line about how to Early Vote, please email ...