Welcome to Thursday, March 10th, folks...

The U.S. will ban Russian energy imports in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

In the Senate, Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) had 16 bipartisan cosponsors for their Ban Russian Energy Imports Act. The House Ways and Means Committee spent the weekend drafting similar bipartisan legislation that would strip Russia of “most favored nation” trade status that reduces tariffs on imported goods.

Read more about the ban here, then join the conversation:

Do you support or oppose the ban on Russian energy imports?

Celebrate Women In Peacekeeping

Peace is on everyone’s mind, now more than ever. Stronger Together: #WomenInPeacekeeping is a campaign to promote and empower women at the forefront of peace operations.

Women make up only 6.6% of the total uniformed peacekeeping force, but their presence makes a meaningful impact on peacekeeping missions from community work to making peace deals. By getting involved with this campaign, you'll help shine a spotlight on the women of peacekeeping, support their work on the ground, and help them recruit more women into the field of peacekeeping.

Support #WomenInPeacekeeping

New Times, New Causes.com

Our Causes.com reboot isn’t just giving you a new look, but new features to take your actions to the next level.  

We know your time is valuable. And we know the reality of compassion fatigue. That’s why, once you sign in, your unique Causes.com feed will be filled with the issues you care about most. 

Small actions for meaningful change. 

With Today's One Thing - a new issue will pop up every day on your homepage.

Read more about all the changes coming to Causes.com here, here, and here.

What do you think of the new features?

All the Memes Fit to Post

And, In The End...

Rescue a princess (from another castle) for Mario Day.

('Cause Mar. 10 looks like Mario)

Nintendo's signature character was created by the Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. The pixels formerly known as "Jumpman" was named in honor of Mario Segale, an overall-wearing gent who rented out a warehouse to Nintendo.

I'm working hard to get you a day, too, Luigi,

—Josh Herman

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