NationofChange
NationofChange is a 501(c) nonprofit news and activism organization founded in 2009 and based out of Albuquerque, New Mexico. NationofChange provides a free daily newsletter with articles from progressive writers and initiates activistic calls to action. NationofChange has most notably been involved with the occupy movement and has launched mass-media campaigns against corporations Monsanto and Koch Industries." In November 2012, NationofChange in collaboration with the Rolling Jubilee Fund raised over $500,000 worth of distressed debt of American families and abolished it.
Overview
“At NationofChange, our mission is to help people create a more compassionate, responsible, and value-driven world, powered by communities that focus on positive solutions to social and economic problems. We strive to accomplish this mission through unbiased, independent journalism combined with practical, real-world activism in order to create actionable strategies for change.”
Contributors
Eric Alterman, William J. Astore, Dean Baker, Beverly Bell, Joe Brewer, Shahid Buttar, Ira Chernus, Noam Chomsky, Juan Cole, Alexander Cockburn, Jeff Cohen, Marjorie Cohn, Joe Conason, E.J. Dionne, Max Eternity, Ian Fletcher, Bill Moyers, Amy Goodman, Melissa Harris-Perry, Froma Harrop, Chris Hedges, Jim Hightower, Naomi Klein, George Lakoff, Daniel Levy, Jason MacLeod, Ray McGovern, Greg Mitchell, John Nichols, Greg Palast, John Pilger, Nomi Prins, Katha Pollitt, Eugene Robinson, David Sirota, Robert Sheer, Calvin Trillin, Steven Zunes, Bill Quigley, Robert Reich, Patricia Williams, Gary Younge
Activism
In October 2011, NationofChange demonstrated at Occupy Wall Street in Zuccotti Park and donated supplies to the protestors. NationofChange also attended and donated to October2011 protesters and their camps in Washington DC.
In November 2011, NationofChange volunteers rallied in San Diego, Ca. during Bank Transfer Day. NationofChange also hosted a fundraiser for necessary warmth supplies for Occupy groups in Washington DC, New York City, Chicago and Boston.
In December 2011, NationofChange demonstrated with nurses on strike at the Long Beach Memorial Medical Center.
In January 2012, NationofChange marched with Occupy protesters in the Rose Parade. NationOfChange helps rally to raise awareness on the California Universal Health Care Act, SB 810. On January 20, 2012, NationofChange joined thousands in the financial district of downtown San Francisco in a daylong nonviolent mass occupation.
In February 2012, NationofChange collaborated with Occupy Kansas and Columbia Climate Change Coalition in "Occupy Koch Brothers" action at the Koch Brothers corporate facilities.
In March 2012, NationofChange Occupied Monsanto facilities in Oxnard, Ca. and donated funds toward the education and awareness of human rights and environmental ramification of Monsanto. NationofChange launched an ecological educational campaign: "Ditch the Plastic Bag", in an ongoing effort to raise awareness for the environmental ramifications caused by plastic bags and litter.
In June 2012, NationofChange launched a public billboard campaign criticizing biotech giant Monsanto.
In August 2012, NationofChange produced a national television campaign criticizing Monsanto.
In November 2012, NationofChange in collaboration with the Rolling Jubilee Fund raised over $500,000 worth of distressed debt of American families and abolished it.
Criticism
NationofChange has been criticized by a blogger on Fire Dog Lake.