Causes Exchange

Allstate and the National Organization for Youth Safety (NOYS) have joined together to advocate against texting and driving.  The campaign, “X the Text,” is focused on educating young drivers on the dangers of texting while driving.  They are using a petition on Causes, “Allstate and NOYS Need Your Help: Tell Congress to X the TXT,” to gather signatures to urge Congress to “aggressively pursue measures that would ban the dangerous and distracting practice of texting while driving.“

On Tuesday, February 9th, Allstate and NOYS will deliver the petition to members of Congress, so sign the petition today: http://apps.facebook.com/causes/petitions/340.

At that event, Allstate will also present the money donated through a matching grant on their cause “Thumbs Up to the Safest Holiday Ever.”  The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety reports that reaching for a phone while driving increases your risk of being in a car crash by nine times.  Join the cause and sign the petition today to help “X the Text” and keep our roads safe!

“The Cove” has just been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary!  “The Cove” is a documentary that exposes the slaughter of over 20,000 dolphins every year in Taiji, Japan.  Over the past six months, Save Japan Dolphins, the nonprofit behind “The Cove,’ has grown their cause to over 465,000 people and gathered over 662,000 signatures on their petition, End the Brutal Killing of over 20,000 Dolphins Every Year in Japan, which they plan to deliver to President Obama, Vice President Biden, and the Japanese Ambassador to the United States Ichiro Fujisaki in March.

The Oscar nomination provides an unprecedented opportunity for the Save Japan Dolphins team, their cause members, everyone who has signed their petition, and you to take action while so many eyes are on this campaign.  Read the following update from Ric O’Barry, star of the documentary and campaign director for Save Japan Dolphins:

Great news! The award-winning documentary “The Cove” is now in the official running for an Oscar for Best Documentary. The Oscar nomination is a tremendous testament to the skill and art of the filmmakers of “The Cove,” and it also sheds welcome light on the actions of the government of Japan in trying to cover up the dolphin slaughter and the poisoning of Japanese people by mercury-laced dolphin meat. The March 7th broadcast of the Oscar presentations will reach nearly a billion people around the world!

Now is the time for a big push for our cause, especially in Japan, where the lies and blackouts by the Japan Fisheries Agency and the dolphin killers can at last be pierced.  Here’s how you can help:

We have a crucial goal of 1 million signatures on our Facebook Causes Petition.  We’re almost to 700,000 so we’re well on our way. Together with Facebook Causes, Participant Media, and OPS, we plan to deliver our petitions to the Japanese Embassy in Washington, DC  in late March, and to the Fisheries, and Food Safety Ministers in Japan in April.  By signing the petition, we’ll keep you posted on these events and how you can be involved!  Sign-up and forward to your friends. Go to:    http://apps.facebook.com/causes/petitions/252

We are also committed to getting the message of The Cove out to as many people in Japan as possible.  If you would like to donate to our efforts to get the word out and keep the pressure on in Japan, please support us:
 https://www.causes.com/fb/donations/new?ts=1265311640&campaign_id=62857&cause_id=331088

Thanks so much for helping make this campaign a success, and for your help in saving dolphins.

will.i.am has launched the i.am Hope for Haiti Contest!  The top 10 fundraisers for this cause will be invited, along with a guest, to attend a charity event with will.i.am on the evening of April 1st, 2010, in San Jose, CA.  Contest winners will have an opportunity to spend an evening with will.i.am and friends and “party for a cause.”  The top 3 fundraisers will also each receive 2 free tickets to the Black Eyed Peas concert on April 2nd in San Jose!

The cause is fundraising for Oxfam’s earthquake relief efforts in Haiti.  Oxfam has an emergency team based in Port-au-Prince responding with public health, water and sanitation services to prevent the spread of waterborne disease.  Join the cause to learn more about Oxfam’s work in Haiti.

The contest will close on February 12th, 2010 at 11:59 pm PST, so there are still 12 days left to move into the ranks of the top fundraisers on the cause!

How do you become a top fundraiser?  Here are some ways to get started:

Don’t lose out on your chance to meet will.i.am and see the Black Eyed Peas in concert!