Change.org
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Change.org is an online platform for social change launched on February 7, 2007 by current CEO Ben Rattray and Mark Dimas, and certified as a B Corporation in January, 2011. Its stated mission is to "empower anyone, anywhere to start, join, and win campaigns for social change." . The site currently has 80 employees.
In 2008, the organization partnered with MySpace to create an index of crowdsourced
ideas for implementation by the incoming presidency of Barack Obama
, drawing comparisons to similar approaches by change.gov.
In 2010, Change.org helped to inaugurate Blog Action Day
. Change.org has had more than 100 victories since launching their campaign tools. On December 29, 2010 Change.org recorded its largest petition to date titled "South Africa: Declare 'Corrective Rape' a Hate-Crime." It has received 141,317 signatures as of January 23, 2010, with a goal of 150,000 set by Luleki Sizwe a non-profit organization.
In 2011, Change.org claimed it was the subject of a distributed denial of service attack by "Chinese hackers", and that the alleged attack was apparently related to its petition to the Chinese government to release artist Ai Weiwei
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The website makes revenue in part by providing list building services to partner organizations.
In 2008, the organization partnered with MySpace to create an index of crowdsourced
Crowdsourcing
Crowdsourcing is the act of sourcing tasks traditionally performed by specific individuals to a group of people or community through an open call....
ideas for implementation by the incoming presidency of Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
, drawing comparisons to similar approaches by change.gov.
In 2010, Change.org helped to inaugurate Blog Action Day
Blog Action Day
Blog Action Day is an annual worldwide event where bloggers write about a single topic on October 15th or 16th of every year. The event commenced in 2007 on the inaugural topic of the environment. Successive years have focused on poverty in 2008 and climate change in 2009. Many popular blogs have...
. Change.org has had more than 100 victories since launching their campaign tools. On December 29, 2010 Change.org recorded its largest petition to date titled "South Africa: Declare 'Corrective Rape' a Hate-Crime." It has received 141,317 signatures as of January 23, 2010, with a goal of 150,000 set by Luleki Sizwe a non-profit organization.
In 2011, Change.org claimed it was the subject of a distributed denial of service attack by "Chinese hackers", and that the alleged attack was apparently related to its petition to the Chinese government to release artist Ai Weiwei
Ai Weiwei
Ai Weiwei is a Chinese contemporary artist, active in sculpture, installation, architecture, curating, photography, film, and social, political and cultural criticism. Ai collaborated with Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron as the artistic consultant on the Beijing National Stadium for the 2008...
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The website makes revenue in part by providing list building services to partner organizations.
See also
- "We the People" Whitehouse.gov petition site
- Avaaz.orgAvaaz.orgAvaaz.org is a global civic organization launched in January 2007 that promotes activism on issues such as climate change, human rights, corruption, poverty, and conflict...
- iPetitionsIpetitionsiPetitions.com is a website which hosts internet petitions. It also has custom made petitions for which you can pay, and also other free petition setups.- Examples :*Petitions for and against jail time for Paris Hilton.*Banning Bots in AIM Chat rooms....
- Care2Care2Care2 is a social network website that was founded by Randy Paynter in 1998 to help connect activists from around the world. It has a membership of more than 17 million people....