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MoveOn (formerly known as MoveOn.org) is a progressive public policy advocacy group and political action committee. [1] Formed in 1998 around one of the first massively viral email petitions, [2] MoveOn has since grown into one of the largest and most impactful [3] grassroots progressive campaigning communities in the United States, with a membership of millions.
Avaaz is an American-based nonprofit organization launched in January 2007 that promotes global activism on issues such as climate change, human rights, animal rights, corruption, poverty, and conflict. The word "avaaz" means voice in several Asian and European languages.
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Color of Change was co-founded in 2005 by James Rucker and Van Jones to replicate the MoveOn.org email list model among African American Internet users. [10] [11] Rucker had previously worked for the MoveOn.org Political Action and MoveOn.org Civic Action while Jones was the founder of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights. [12]
The Media Fund is one of several 527 groups which supported Kerry; others include America Coming Together and MoveOn.org. After the election, the group experienced a dramatic drop in fundraising success; media reports speculated that major donors had given up on the organization, and were turning their attention to other, more long-term ...
Its founding board members included Wes Boyd, founder of MoveOn.org, [8] Rob McKay, chairman of the board of the Democracy Alliance and president of the McKay Family Foundation, [9] Jared Polis, elected in 2008 as the U.S. Congressman for Colorado’s 2nd District, [10] and Ted Trimpa (the current chair), an attorney and government relations ...
Bushin30seconds.org is a liberal web site sponsored by MoveOn.org voter fund.The website showcases the results of a political advertising contest that was open to the public in November 2003, in which the goal was to criticize key points about George W. Bush and his policies in just 30 seconds of airtime.
By 1999, the organization had raised $12 million in pledges to congressional campaigns of people who had not voted in favor of impeachment. [13] It did so through the PAC MoveOn Political Action Committee. [11] In 2000, the organization petitioned Ralph Nader to drop out of the 2000 presidential race so he wouldn't draw votes from Al Gore. [14]