Things the Public Can Do to Get Involved
Get connected to advocacy organizations: Call your Senators and Congresspeople when there are important votes:
League of Conservation Voters
http://www.lcv.org/
Bread for the World
http://www.bread.org/
Friends Committee on National Legislation
http://www.fcnl.org/
Register to Vote! Click here to download your state's voter registration form.
https://ssl.capwiz.com/congressorg/nvra/
Change Consumption Patterns: Make Socially Responsible and Healthy Purchases
Global Exchange
http://www.globalexchange.org/
The Center for a New American Dream
http://www.newdream.org/
Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch: Choices for a Health Ocean
http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/seafoodwatch.asp
Get Out There: Be a Volunteer Somewhere
Peace Corps
http://www.peacecorps.gov/indexf.cfm
New York Cares
http://www.nycares.org/
Go Somewhere New: Be a Humanitarian Worker
Action Against Hunger field positions
http://www.aah-usa.org/who.html
ReliefWeb Humanitarian Vacancies
http://www.reliefweb.int/vacancies/
Find Out More Information About What's Happening in the World
Listen to Radio Interviews
http://www.aworldofpossibilities.com
http://www.commongroundradio.org/
http://www.un.org/av/radio/news/latenews.htm
Read Alternative News Sources
http://www.commondreams.org/
http://www.tompaine.com/
http://www.thenation.com/
http://www.alternet.org/
http://www.counterpunch.org/
http://newsforchange.com/
http://motherjones.com/
http://www.city-journal.org/
http://www.fair.org/
http://www.inthesetimes.com/
http://workingforchange.com/
http://www.utne.com/
http://www.oneworld.net/
http://www.oneworld.net/us/
http://www.cato.org/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
http://www.world-newspapers.com/index.html
http://www.world-newspapers.com/alternative-news.html
http://www.un.org/News/
http://www.planetark.org/index.cfm
Get Alternative Information
http://www.mindfully.org/
For further info, contact John Sauer:
US Project Coordinator, Action Against Hunger
    
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