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Courage Campaign Calls Out Corporate Interests for Misguided Opposition to $15 Minimum Wage

March 29, 2016

Yesterday, Governor Jerry Brown and labor leaders announced plans to pass legislation raising California’s statewide minimum wage to $15 dollars per hour by 2022. The legislation sets the minimum wage to rise annually with the cost of living in the State and an estimated 5.6 million Californians will benefit from this wage increase.

Sister Rallies 70,000 to Demand Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf Call For Immediate Investigations Into Police Killing of Brother Hernan Jaramillo

March 29, 2016

More than 70,000 people in California and around the country are standing with Ana Biocini, sister of Hernan Jaramillo, in demanding that Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf call on the Alameda County District Attorney and the Oakland Police Department to conduct immediate investigations into the death of her brother

Courage Campaign Calls for Loretta Sanchez to Withdraw from CA Senate Race Over Offensive Comments about Muslim Americans

December 10, 2015

Yesterday, speaking on PoliticKING With Larry King, Representative Loretta Sanchez offensively claimed that as many as 5-20% of Muslims, including Muslims in the US, supported the establishment of an Islamic Caliphate and ISIS by any means necessary.

Courage Campaign on the San Bernardino Terrorist Attack, Gov. Brown’s veto of SB 374, and California’s Gun Laws

December 4, 2015

Gov. Brown failed to do everything in his power to prevent mass shootings in California.

Large Coalition Of Groups To Demand Department of Justice Investigate Violence Against Abortion Clinics as Domestic Terrorism

December 1, 2015

NARAL Pro-Choice America, CREDO, UltraViolet and Courage Campaign To Lead Campaign; More than 300,000 People Sign Petition and Over 140 Groups and Abortion Providers Join Letter to Attorney General Lynch

Groups File Motion for Summary Judgement Over Nestlé’s Illegal Water Bottling From San Bernardino National Forest

November 29, 2015

Nestlé Under Fire for Bottling Millions of Gallons of Water Despite Expired Permit and California’s Persistent Drought

New Video Documents Kevin Johnson's History of Sexual Abuse Allegations, Calls for His Immediate Resignation

November 19, 2015

A new video released today by the California-based Courage Campaign and Sacramento Collective for Women’s Rights exposes Kevin Johnson’s history of alleged sexual assault and harassment of underage girls and women and calls for his immediate resignation as Mayor of Sacramento.

BREAKING: Groups Sue US Forest Service Challenging Nestlé’s Illegal Water Bottling from the San Bernardino National Forest

October 13, 2015

Nestlé Under Fire for Bottling Millions of Gallons of Water from the Bernardino National Forest Despite Expired Permit

Courage Campaign Demands Covered CA’s Peter Lee Resign

August 27, 2015

Earlier this week, Covered CA’s executive director Peter Lee penned an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal advocating for narrower provider networks in California. Dr. Paul Song, executive chairman of the California-based Courage Campaign, and a practicing oncologist issued the following statement, calling for Peter Lee’s resignation:

TODAY 11:30am: Lawmakers Join Activists at Press Conference at State Capitol Demanding Ban on Fracking

August 24, 2015

On Tuesday, August 25th, as the California legislature holds a joint oversight hearing on a new report by the California Council on Science and Technology on the risks and dangers posed by fracking, State Sen. Ben Allen and State Asm. Das Williams will join with anti-fracking activists in a press conference at the State Capitol calling for a statewide ban on fracking.

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