This group is part of the Occupy Wall Street movement begun by Adbusters magazine. As noted on the page for the campaign on their website, #OCCUPYWALLSTREET is a leaderless people powered movement for democracy that began in America on September 17 with an encampment in the financial district of New York City. Inspired by the Egyptian Tahrir Square uprising and the Spanish acampadas, we vow to end the monied corruption of our democracy… The "monied corruption of our democracy" and the many negat …

Common Cause Hawaii is a state chapter of the national Common Cause organization. Common Cause is a nonpartisan, grassroots organization dedicated to reinventing an open, honest and accountable government that serves the public interest and empowering ordinary people to make their voices heard in the political process.

We are a coalition of groups and politically active citizens coming together to create a watchdog and lobbying group for the state of Hawaii. We believe in supporting Jefferson's "wall of separation" between church and state. Our lawmakers should make decisions and policies based on logic, reason, and science, regardless of religious ideology. No church or offshoot thereof (child care, schools, etc.) may play by different, more lenient rules and laws than their secular counterparts. If you want …