Hundreds of thousands of people in the Congo are being driven from their homes, raped and murdered every week. The few refugee camps are becoming even more dangerously overcrowded as more people are displaced. Do not let this continue! Click here to tell your global leaders to act NOW to stop these atrocities!

Head Start funding has been steadily on the decline for six years now. This month, with billions of dollars being thrown around in Congress, Head Start families are finally asking for their dime back. Head Start is a federal program that provides vital services to low income families with pre-school aged children to ensure that they will be prepared to begin school. Encourage your representatives to support Head Start programs, and fully fund Head Start in their economic stimulus package. Get educated on some of the real obstacles that threaten our nation’s preschoolers, and click here to take action.

There is a right-wing movement that has introduced legislation in thirty states that would curtail the exchange of ideas between faculty and students. These groups believe that ideas like feminism and fields like peace studies are too controversial for “impressionable” college students. Join Campus Progress as we work with the Free Exchange on Campus coalition to protect the critical dialogue between and among students and faculty that makes higher education what it is. You can help by signing up as a Free Exchange supporter, or by organizing an event on your campus.

With Power Vote, a non-partisan campaign spearheaded by Energy Action Coalition, we will build a youth voting block 1 million strong to elevate the issue of climate change, hold our elected representatives accountable, and we work together on our campuses and in our communities to usher in a clean and just energy revolution. Check it out here.