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  Will Frechette, SumOfUs · [email protected]
August 13, 2020 at 2:57 PM

Re: Amazon under attack

    John, I just wanted to make sure you caught this before it’s too late. Greedy corporate logging interests want to destroy the ancestral home of Brazil’s Tupinamba people, just to make a quick buck. The Tupinamba are heading out on a gruelling mission to save their land, and they desp…
  Will Frechette, SumOfUs · [email protected]
August 12, 2020 at 1:12 PM

Amazon under attack

    The ancestral homeland of Brazil’s Indigenous Tupinamba people is under threat from greedy corporate logging interests. The Tupinamba have a sure-fire plan to save their lands, but they need your help today to pull it off. Will you chip in to protect their Amazon homeland a…
  Emma Ruby-Sachs, SumOfUs · [email protected]
August 11, 2020 at 4:00 PM

John, I can't believe how this turned out!

    Take the “Get Good” Pledge today and join the community of thousands of SumOfUs members who understand the importance of creating a safe community!  Sign the pledge  Dear John, The numbers and charts are getting hard to watch -- while some countries have gotten the …
  Fatah Sadaoui, SumOfUs · [email protected]
August 8, 2020 at 10:20 AM

Ikea

    Ikea's cheap chairs come at a lethal price: A shocking investigation reveals that beautiful, biodiverse forests in Ukraine are being illegally slashed to the ground to produce "sustainable" furniture for the Swedish giant. As the world's largest wood buyer, Ikea must do better…
  Angus Wong, SumOfUs · [email protected]
August 6, 2020 at 2:26 PM

TD's prison investment

    During the early days of the pandemic, TD Bank bought tens of thousands of shares in private prison giant GEO Group. Now, GEO Group facilities have become hotbeds of COVID -- and the death toll is rising. Call on TD to divest from GEO Group and all private prison companies now…
  Danny Auron, SumOfUs · [email protected]
August 4, 2020 at 9:42 PM

Fake news fact-checker?

    An offical Facebook "fact-checker" is sending fundraising emails for Donald Trump! If we want the fight against fake news to mean anything, this must be stopped. Tell Facebook to remove Daily Caller as a fact-checker, now!  Sign the petition  John, Daily Caller is a fa…
  Angus Wong, SumOfUs · [email protected]
August 1, 2020 at 1:13 PM

Nestlé

    John, Wow. Nestlé is packing up shop and is quitting the bottled water industry in Canada -- and there's a strong chance they could be about to do the same in the U.S. and China! Last month, Nestlé said that it is considering selling its water brands in North America in 2021 because …
  Fatah Sadaoui, SumOfUs · [email protected]
July 31, 2020 at 2:00 PM

Re: Nestlé

    The fires are starting again, John. Beautiful rainforests from the Amazon to Indonesia are once more being set ablaze to feed greedy corporations' demand for cheap soy and palm oil. It's up to you and me to force Nestlé, Unilever, and other powerful multinationals to stick to …
  Christian Bock, SumOfUs · [email protected]
July 28, 2020 at 3:22 PM

Re: The “bee-friendly” scam

    John, Scam alert: garden centers could be selling “bee-friendly” plants that are actually drenched in bee-killing chemicals. We have a plan to expose this scandal and get Bayer kicked out of our gardens. But we need your help. Can you chip in to save the bees from Bayer’s toxic pesti…
  Christian Bock, SumOfUs · [email protected]
July 27, 2020 at 3:28 PM

The “bee-friendly” scam

    Are garden stores selling us “bee-friendly” plants that are actually drenched in bee-killing chemicals? We’ve had a tip-off that this practice is rampant -- but we urgently need lab tests to be sure.  Can you chip in $1 to help uncover this scandal? Donating just takes a…
  Toni Preston, SumOfUs · [email protected]
July 25, 2020 at 1:08 PM

re: USPS

    John Under the cover of Covid-19, Trump is trying to achieve a long-held dream: killing off the United States Postal Service (USPS). Without a bailout from Congress, our Postal Service could run out of money soon! We can’t let that happen. Right now, Congress is putting together its n…
  Angus Wong, SumOfUs · [email protected]
July 22, 2020 at 5:00 PM

Re: Scientists outraged over Trump

    John, Trump and his cronies just approved glyphosate for another 15 years -- despite clear-cut evidence that it causes cancer. But with your help, we can fight back. We’ve teamed up with a brave group of activists to take Trump and his administration to court. Can you chip in to sue …
  Angus Wong, SumOfUs · [email protected]
July 21, 2020 at 2:49 PM

Scientists outraged over Trump

    URGENT: Trump’s buddies just authorised toxic glyphosate for another 15 years. We’re joining a group of activists to sue Trump’s environment department in court -- and make a last-ditch effort to stop glyphosate. But we need your help to pull it off. Can you chip in $1 to s…
  Angus Wong, SumOfUs · [email protected]
July 19, 2020 at 1:07 PM

Liberty Mutual's leaky pipeline

    Trans Mountain pipeline just leaked 190,000 litres of tar sands oil near sacred burial grounds in BC. The insurance to the pipeline is expiring in August. Call on Liberty Mutual to not renew the insurance on this climate destroying project.  Sign the petition  John, Li…
  Toni Preston, SumOfUs · [email protected]
July 15, 2020 at 10:03 PM

USPS

    R.I.P. US Postal Service: 1775-2020? Cause of death: Covid-19 and Donald J. Trump Sign the urgent petition to save USPS -- before it’s too late!  Sign the petition  John, Postal workers across the country are putting their lives at risk going door to door delivering li…
  Danny Auron, SumOfUs · [email protected]
July 15, 2020 at 9:23 PM

Facebook ad boycott

    Hundreds of companies have already dumped Facebook ads until the platform cleans up its hate speech problem, doing critical damage to Facebook's bottom line. Now we can join too! If millions tell Facebook we're boycotting ads and download an ad blocker, we can create a new wav…
  Vicky Wyatt, SumOfUs · [email protected]
July 15, 2020 at 2:50 AM

No more tanks on our streets

    The Senate is finally talking about stopping the flow of weapons of war from the Pentagon into our communities. We know they won’t take action unless we push them: call on Congress now to end the military-to-police equipment pipeline that puts our democracy in danger.  Sign t…
  Angus Wong, SumOfUs · [email protected]
July 8, 2020 at 11:36 PM

We won against Walmart

    John, You did it! Less than 24 hours after thousands of SumOfUs members like you flooded Walmart with messages and calls, the giant corporation stopped selling its "All Lives Matter" merchandise in Canada. And less than a week later, it dropped its racist shirts in the US, as well -- …
  Olivia Boyd, SumofUs · [email protected]
July 8, 2020 at 3:36 PM

The last bees

    Bayer’s been quietly expanding its toxic pesticide business across Africa, wiping out the local bee population. A group of brave scientists is fighting to get Bayer’s pesticides banned -- but they need your help. Can you chip in $1 to help save the bees from Bayer’s toxic p…
  Emma Ruby-Sachs, SumOfUs · [email protected]
July 6, 2020 at 12:01 PM

John, we need your help

    Dear John, Our movement is mobilizing like never before to respond to the multiple crises facing our world, but there's so much to do. That's why SumOfUs is launching a community petition site where anyone, anywhere can start a petition on an issue you care about. This is how we can …
  Vicky Wyatt, SumOfUs · [email protected]
July 2, 2020 at 1:35 PM

AT&T

    John, AT&T says Black Lives Matter. But the truth is, the company has donated thousands to far right Senator Tom Cotton -- who has called for the military to violently put down the protests. In two days new CEO John Stankey takes the reigns. As his first act he needs to prove t…
  Leyla Larbi, SumOfUs · [email protected]
June 30, 2020 at 6:35 AM

AXA: we need you today John!

    Big day for AXA! The insurance giant’s shareholders are meeting today -- and the media are covering this event very closely on social networks.With your help, we are going to take over the #Axa hashtag on Twitter so that the insurer's ties with the war trade are globally expos…
  Danny Auron, SumOfUs · [email protected]
June 29, 2020 at 12:33 AM

Facebook's in trouble...

    160 companies including Coke, Starbucks, and Unilever have announced they're suspending all Facebook ads until the tech giant fixes its disastrous disinformation and hate speech policies!  This is a total game-changer -- we need to get other companies on board while momentum i…
  Danny Auron, SumOfUs · [email protected]
June 26, 2020 at 7:38 PM

Reddit

    Reddit's executives speak out for Black Lives Matter, but their site is a known platform for the worst of online racism and hate. Now Reddit users are rebelling and demanding racist language be banned -- let's back them up!  Sign the petition  John, Reddit calls itself…
  Fatah Sadaoui, SumOfUs · [email protected]
June 19, 2020 at 10:33 AM

Palm oil revolution

    Great news, John: We've scored another palm oil victory, thanks to you! Earlier this year, your pressure got Pepsi to change its ways and unveil an industry-leading palm oil sourcing policy. Now you and I are leveraging a shareholder revolution against KFC and Pizza Hut owner Yum! Br…
  Fatah Sadaoui, SumOfUs · [email protected]
June 18, 2020 at 10:23 AM

Re: Billions of bees dead

Is almond milk worth it?     John, have you heard about almond milk's deadly secret? Danone and Blue Diamond -- the makers of Silk, Alpro and Almond Breeze -- rely on billions of bees to pollinate their almond orchards. And every year, more and more of those bees die -- killed by pesticide…
  Nick Haines, SumOfUs · [email protected]
June 16, 2020 at 12:07 PM

AT&T’s hypocrisy

    AT&T has gone all out supporting #BlackLivesMatter in public statements. But its political donations tell a different story, bankrolling a far-right senator who’s called for military force to be used against protestors. Tell AT&T to drop the hypocrisy and stop funding …
  Emma Ruby-Sachs, SumOfUs · [email protected]
June 10, 2020 at 9:28 PM

Doing the work

John, Our country is at a moment of reckoning that I, honestly, didn’t think was possible in my lifetime. The murder of George Floyd, after the murder of Breonna Taylor, after the murder of Tony McDade, in the midst of a pandemic that kills Black and Brown people at twice the rate of white people, h…
  Danny Auron, SumOfUs · [email protected]
May 31, 2020 at 2:26 PM

Pangolins

Why is Facebook fueling their extinction?     Wildlife traffickers are using Facebook to sell body parts of the adorable, extinction-threatened pangolin. But Facebook is refusing to take action. Can you chip in $1 to call out executives with ads on their own platform and force t…
  Rewan Al-Haddad, SumOfUs · [email protected]
May 29, 2020 at 10:37 AM

Trump's latest tantrum

    Twitter just flagged 3 of Donald Trump's tweets. Now he's threatening to shut Twitter down! Twitter shouldn't come under attack for flagging lies that threaten our elections or could cause serious harm to people -- let's stand with Twitter against Trump, and when 100,000 join …
  Fatah Sadaoui, SumOfUs · [email protected]
May 23, 2020 at 11:22 AM

Palm oil victory: YOU did it!

    You did it John! We’re one step closer to saving the last orangutans from palm oil destruction, and that’s thanks to you.After more than 5 years of campaigning, PepsiCo has changed its palm oil sourcing policy, and agreed to use its influence with other companies to end rainforest de…
  Deborah Lewis, SumOfUs · [email protected]
May 22, 2020 at 2:25 PM

re: Covid-19: SumOfUs members in trouble

    Hi John -- I just wanted to make sure you caught the email I sent you yesterday. Hundreds of your fellow SumOfUs members have told us they need help during this crisis: to pay mounting bills, get legal advice, or even just to buy food. If you can afford it, can you chip in a little t…
  Deborah Lewis, SumOfUs · [email protected]
May 21, 2020 at 12:18 PM

Covid-19: SumOfUs members in trouble

    Thousands of SumOfUs members and their families are struggling during this COVID-19 crisis. Here at SumOfUs, we always do everything we can to show up for each other. If you’re able, will you give a bit to a fellow SumOfUs member in need? Donating just takes a moment -- u…
  Toni Preston, SumOfUs · [email protected]
May 14, 2020 at 2:11 PM

Fwd: McDonald's Contagion Crisis

    Hey John, Did you see this? McDonald’s greed is forcing thousands of its workers to make an impossible choice: go to work sick or forgo their paycheck. That’s a choice none of us should be forced to make, especially now. Nearly 13,000 SumOfUs members have signed our petition demandin…
  Angus Wong, SumOfUs · [email protected]
May 13, 2020 at 7:06 PM

BlackRock

    BlackRock -- the world’s largest investor in fossil fuels -- says it wants to address the climate crisis. Next week is BlackRock's biggest meeting of investors for the whole year. Call on the Wall Street giant to divest its trillions in managed assets from the fossil fuels dri…
  Emma Ruby-Sachs, SumOfUs · [email protected]
May 13, 2020 at 1:06 PM

Let’s make some music together

    The greatest movements throughout history taught us that singing together makes us stronger, especially during hard times. So SumOfUs is teaming up with a record label to make a song for all of us to sing across borders to help bring us all the strength and resilience to pull …
  Danny Auron, SumOfUs · [email protected]
May 12, 2020 at 4:40 PM

Re: Pangolins

    Shy, cute, covered in scales -- the adorable pangolin seems like an imaginary animal. But they’re real, and they’re the most trafficked animal on the planet! Now a new report says Facebook is making it worse, letting traffickers sell pangolin parts right on their platform! Thi…
  Vicky Wyatt, SumOfUs · [email protected]
May 12, 2020 at 2:50 PM

re: Kids are buried alive

For iPhones     John, Desperate families are taking some of the biggest tech companies to court -- over mines that turned into death traps for their children. They need your help now -- can you chip in to put Apple, Google, and the rest on trial? Donating just takes a moment -- use Payp…
  Vicky Wyatt, SumOfUs · [email protected]
May 11, 2020 at 1:52 PM

Kids are buried alive

For iPhones     Apple’s buying metal from mines where kids are sent to die. 14 desperate families are now taking the tech giant to court. This landmark case could spell the end for deadly mines -- and finally hold companies like Apple accountable. Can you chip in $1 to help thes…
  Danny Auron, SumOfUs · [email protected]
May 7, 2020 at 3:09 PM

Pangolins

    Shy, cute, covered in scales -- the adorable pangolin seems like an imaginary animal. But they’re real, and they’re the most trafficked animal on the planet! Now a new report says Facebook is making it worse, letting traffickers sell pangolin parts right on their platform! Thi…
  Toni Preston, SumOfUs · [email protected]
May 6, 2020 at 4:02 PM

McDonald's Contagion Crisis

    McDonald’s is forcing its frontline workers to show up to work sick or miss a paycheck.  Nobody should have to make this choice.  Tell McDonald’s to help slow the spread of Covid-19 by providing paid sick leave to all its employees.  Sign the petition  John, McDonal…
  Rewan Al-Haddad, SumOfUs · [email protected]
May 5, 2020 at 4:47 PM

Stop this massive, unethical, psychological experiment

    Looks like you missed this! Add your name to end Facebook's manipulative micro-targeting system -- let's get to 20,000 signers before we launch this in the media this week...   Facebook allows advertisers to micro-target people based on interests…
  Nabil Berbour, SumOfUs · [email protected]
May 4, 2020 at 3:21 PM

Re. A green COVID-19 recovery

    John, I just wanted to make sure you didn’t miss this: World leaders are deciding who will benefit from Covid recovery plans: corporations, or the planet. We need your help to persuade politicians to back the planet, not business as usual. Your donation today will fund strategic poll…
  Anna Liberadzki, SumOfUs · [email protected]
May 3, 2020 at 12:47 PM

A green COVID-19 recovery

    A groundbreaking COVID-19 recovery plan is on the table -- one that would slam the brakes on climate chaos. Corporate lobbyists are trying to kill it. We need to prove to world leaders that the people back this plan. Will you chip in $1 to show world leaders that we want a …
  Emma Ruby-Sachs, SumOfUs · [email protected]
May 2, 2020 at 9:13 AM

Fighting back

    John, We are living through a global pandemic that is killing tens of thousands of people. But many of the world’s corporations are using this crisis to grab bailouts, roll back regulations, and pad their profits. We are mobilizing to make sure our shared humanity is at the center of…
  Vicky Wyatt, SumOfUs · [email protected]
April 29, 2020 at 4:07 PM

US Bank

    Amazon, 3M, US Bank, and others are holding up millions of lifesaving face-masks and gloves that doctors and nurses desperately need. Tell them to stop putting profits over health workers’ lives!  Sign the petition  John, Inside our hospitals, exhausted doctors and nur…
  Rewan Al-Haddad, SumOfUs · [email protected]
April 28, 2020 at 6:41 PM

Stop this massive, unethical, psychological experiment

    Facebook allows advertisers to micro-target people based on interests, and it's being used by Trump, Russia and others trying to manipulate us ahead of the elections. Tell Facebook to stop the manipulation and end all micro-targeting immediately:  Sign the petition  J…
  Fatah Sadaoui, SumOfUs · [email protected]
April 28, 2020 at 5:45 PM

Re: KFC

Fried chicken and pandemics     John, in just 3 weeks we could finally stop KFC and Pizza Hut from using rainforest-wrecking palm oil. We can't miss this chance to protect our precious forests from fast-food greed -- can you add your name now?  Sign the petition  John, They…
  Anne Isakowitsch, SumOfUs · [email protected]
April 27, 2020 at 3:04 PM

re: Urgent: Beekeepers silenced

    John, did you see this? Beekeepers are being shut out of Bayer’s virtual shareholder meeting. If you chip in now, we’ll buy online ads to direct journalists and shareholders to an alternative Bayer AGM, where beekeepers do get to speak. But we don’t have much time, the shareholder me…
  Christian Bock, SumOfUs · [email protected]
April 26, 2020 at 1:24 PM

Urgent: Beekeepers silenced

    Bayer is trying to shut out beekeepers from its annual shareholder meeting. But with your help, we can make this sneaky plan backfire. Can you chip in to help beekeepers hack Bayer’s PR show? Donating just takes a moment -- use Paypal or your card. Donate $1 now …