Courage Campaign

Petiton Senator Claire McCaskill on Twitter to co-sponsor DADT repeal bill

Senator McCaskill is well known for her love of Twitter. She is on the critical Armed Services Committee and is not yet co-sponsoring the bill to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. Sign our special Twitter petition to the senator urging her to co-sponsor the bill.

Stand up for students: Demand Meg Whitman go on record in support of AB 656

Join the Courage Campaign and pledge to support AB 656. We will deliver the pledge to Meg Whitman and ask her to sign it. Let her know that students shouldn’t have to worry about being able to afford staying in school just so oil companies can get a huge tax break.

Stand up for students! Pledge to tax oil companies, not students

Students across California are protesting against the 30% fee hikes and cuts to classes they have experienced at our public colleges and universities. Join the Courage Campaign, the California Faculty Association and the University of California Student Association and pledge to support AB 656, the Oil and Gas Severance Tax to fund higher education.

Don't Fire Dan! Call your Senators to co-sponsor the new bill that will repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

Sen. Joe Lieberman made history introducing legislation to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” — the first bill ever introduced in the U.S. Senate to end this discriminatory policy. Sen. Carl Levin, the powerful Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, joined Sen. Lieberman in introducing this landmark legislation. Now we need to help them to get the votes in the Senate that will repeal DADT once and for all. Call and urge your senators to co-sponsor Sen. Lieberman’s new bill.

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"California's Sarah Palin" radio ads make a big splash

Meg Whitman aired radio ads across the state, trying to present herself as a moderate to Californians. But when it comes to global warming, she is just another Sarah Palin. Courage Campaign members helped produce and air a radio ad across California to hold Meg Whitman accountable — and we got Whitman’s attention in the process.

Video from Camp Courage East LA: Historic bilingual training attracts more than 200 participants

When the history of marriage equality in California is written, one significant turning point will be Camp Courage East Los Angeles — an unprecedented bilingual marriage equality training event in East LA that attracted more than 200 participants representing the deep diversity of the marriage equality movement. Camp Courage East LA followed tremendously successful events in Los Angeles, Fresno, San Diego and Oakland.

47,153 "Double Bubble" ballots counted following campaign to turnout 1.1 million DTS voters

The Courage Campaign waged a massive multimedia campaign to target 1.1 million independent “Decline-to-State” voters in California’s Democratic Party primary on Super Tuesday and then won an unprecedented voting rights victory after tens of thousands of Los Angeles County voters were disenfranchised by a flawed “double bubble” ballot.