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unusual facts about Call to Action


Call to Action

In 1996, Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz of the Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska issued, under certain conditions, an automatic interdict (which escalates after one month to an automatic excommunication) on members of several organizations within his diocese, including Call to Action.


Roman Catholic Diocese of Lincoln

In 1996, bishop Fabian Bruskewitz issued a statement forbidding Catholics in the diocese to join a number of organizations, including the Society of St. Pius X, Call to Action, Planned Parenthood, Catholics for a Free Choice, the Hemlock Society, and various Masonic groups, under pain of excommunication.


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Carol Coletta

Carol created and hosted the Memphis Manifesto Summit with Richard Florida, the first gathering of the "creative class" to write their call to action for cities; with economist Joe Cortright she developed a series of papers on talent, where it moves and why.

Jesse Selwyn

Directed, Produced, and Edited a call-to-action music video for Stand Up To Cancer featuring Jim Parsons which was distributed through Microsoft XBox Live and multiple internet portals.

Kirk Kelly

The later is paid a tribute on "Heroes of Tomorrow" (both a call to action and a look at figures of the past including Joe Hill, Eugene Debs, and Ochs).

World Pneumonia Day

Save The Children artist ambassadors Gwyneth Paltrow and Hugh Laurie, Charles MacCormack of Save The Children, Orin Levine of PneumoADIP, Lance Laifer of Hedge Funds vs. Malaria & Pneumonia, the Global Health Council, the GAVI Alliance, and the Sabin Vaccine Institute joined together in a call to action asking people to participate in World Pneumonia Day on November 2.