The Global Citizen: Current Campaigns

CGS Signs onto letter Urging President Obama to Call for Abdulhadi al-Khawaja's Release

Melissa Kaplan | April 9th, 2012
Topics: Current Campaigns, Get Involved, Take Action, Human Rights

Photo by Paul McAdams, October 2007, Wadi Rum, Jordan

Citizens for Global Solutions, along with fourteen other organizations, signed onto a letter to President Obama asking him to urge the Bahraini government to free imprisoned democracy and human rights activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja. The letter, which was written by the Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) can be read here.

CGS has also created a petition urging the U.S. government to speak out and tell Bahrain to free Al-Khawaja, which has so far drawn nearly 18,000 signatures. Al-Khawaja has been on a hunger strike for over two months and his health is rapidly failing, making his release from prison a matter of great urgency. To sign CGS's petition for Al-Khawaja's release, click here.

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Our Messages Were Heard!

Julia Strasser | February 17th, 2012
Topics: Current Campaigns, Get Involved, Civilian Protection, Take Action, Human Rights

My task for the Syria Valentine project was to figure out how to get in touch with "the Syrian Revolution." Needless to say I was a little intimidated. Locating and connecting with activists, conveying the project's sentiments, and finding a way to get our words of support to people on the ground was challenging. A week and a half ago, I never would have dreamed we would be able to make such a human connection purely though the internet, social media and email. But just since Amanda's blog was posted yesterday, we have received even more feedback from Syrian activists about our Valentine! The words are so heartfelt that I just had to share it with you.

Is the UN Still Relevant?

Anu Joshi | September 21st, 2011
Topics: Current Campaigns, Get Involved, UN Funding, United Nations

Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Former President of Ireland Mary Richardson

For the last two and a half days I have been attending the Social Good Summit at the 92nd Street Y in New York City (on the Upper East Side). The event is a collaboration between the United Nations Foundation, Mashable and Ericsson (the CEO of whom I leave the Summit with a rather large crush on), a unique partnership of a large scale non profit, a social media expert and a ground breaking mobile company. The conference focused on highlighting individual and small group actions that have made significant changes to save the world. I've been live tweeting my experiences and I can barely contain my excitement during some of the panels (i.e.

Let US Lead

Anu Joshi | September 8th, 2011
Topics: Current Campaigns, UN Funding, Take Action, Peacekeeping, United Nations

Our friends at the Better World Campaign recently launched a new website, www.LetUSLead.org, to educate and engage people across the country and inspire them to take action against the latest anti-UN bill introducted by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.

Peter Yeo, Executive Director of the Better World Campaign explains the need for this website best: "The UN is playing a greater role in promoting American interests than ever before and we strongly oppose H.R. 2829, which threatens America's leadership role at the United Nations and undermines our national security. The Let U.S. Lead campaign calls on Congress to respect the will of the American people and oppose the passage of this ill-conceived bill."