U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) are asking their supporters to take action - and they don't (just) mean phonebanking or canvassing. They're asking for folks to give back directly to their communities.

Through Thanksgiving, the Clinton campaign will collect food for those in need this holiday season.

During Thanksgiving week and through the end of November, the campaign will deliver food and other items collected to shelters and pantries throughout the state. “Serving the ‘least of these’ in our communities is the ultimate contribution to the common good. We are all blessed when we join together to offer a helping hand,” said Senator Clinton. “I am heartened that my campaign is joining with the people of New Hampshire in lifting up our fellow Americans in need as we enter the holiday season.”

Jim Wallis tells NH audiences: Creating change requires more than your vote

Progressive Evangelical leader calls on NH voters to create a political movement to address poverty, AIDS, global warming

DURHAM – (Oct. 16, 2007) The Rev. Jim Wallis last night challenged people of all faiths, as well as those who consider themselves “spiritual, but not religious,” to create a movement to address the major global issues of our time, including poverty, AIDS, genocide and global warming.

Wallis told a crowd of about 200 people in Dartmouth College's Rollins Chapel Monday night that “people of faith should be the ultimate swing voters,” who use their moral compasses to evaluate candidates. But he also cautioned that regardless of where the next U.S. President stands on these issues, he or she will not be able to solve them without “a social movement pushing them from the outside to make it happen.”

“Power concedes nothing without a demand,” he said, quoting abolitionist Frederick Douglass.

DNC Chairman Howard Dean is welcomed by the crowd at DemocracyFest Sunday evening in Manchester.

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Coalition Exceeds 1000 Signatures, Recommends Decrim Similar to Other States

Concord, NH (Feb. 5) -- The NH Coalition for Common Sense Marijuana Policy has announced that it will encourage legislators to support an amendment placing reasonable limits on the bill that would decriminalize marijuana in New Hampshire. Sponsored by Reps. Charles Weed (D-Keene), Paul Ingbretson (R-Haverhill), and Steve Vallaincourt (R-Manchester), House Bill 92 has been assigned to a subcommittee, which has not yet been scheduled to meet.

During the bill’s initial hearing before the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee, bill sponsors encouraged representatives on the committee to craft amendments that would improve the bill, which currently places no limits on acceptable amounts for possession. This process could turn HB 92 into a workable “partial decrim” bill similar to those which are in effect in other states such as Maine.

Under current New Hampshire law, possession of even a trace amount of marijuana is treated as a misdemeanor; the “perpetrator” can face up to one year in prison and up to a $2000 fine. In Maine, possession of less than 1.25 ounces is a “civil violation” punishable only by a fine. “Partial decriminalization is a sensible, moderate reform that should garner broad support from all sides of the political spectrum,” explained Matt Simon, a spokesman for the Coalition. “There’s no good reason to put people through the system for simple possession. This will unclog our courts, conserve tax dollars, and allow police to focus their resources on serious crimes.”