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# Mission Statement of the 99% Declaration

Mission Statement on the National General Assembly

The 99 Percent Working Group, Ltd. is a non-profit organization formed under the laws of the State of New York.

As set forth in the 99% Declaration (http://www.the99declaration.org) the mission of the Working Group is to organize and fund a nationwide election of 876 delegates from all of the 435 congressional districts in the United States. One man and one woman will be elected from each district by direct democratic voting that will take place over an entire weekend in late March or early April of 2012. Six additional delegates to represent American Samoa, the District of Columbia, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands will also be elected.

The only requirements to run for delegate will be United States citizenship or Lawful Permanent Residency, having reached the age of 18 and a resident or voter of the Congressional district at the time of the March 2012 election. These Delegates shall not be permitted to run on any party line, label or platform and may only run as an “American” or a “U.S. Citizen”. The candidates who run and/or serve as delegate may not take money from any private sources except to pay for their trip to Philadelphia. You may not be a delegate if you have been convicted of a violent felony offense within the past ten years. Once elected by the voters, these 876 delegates will confer online and/or conference calls to work on a draft petition of grievances between April and late June of 2012.

The 876 Delegates of the National General Assembly will then formally convene on July 2, 2012 in the City of Philadelphia, the cradle of our democracy to debate, finalize, ratify and sign the final Petition for a Redress of Grievances. A signing ceremony will be held in front of Independence Hall on July 4, 2012. Once signed, the petition will be served upon all three branches of the United States government and the politicians running for federal office in the 2012 general election.

Under section V of the 99% Declaration, if the final Petition for the Redress of Grievances is not acted upon by the government within a reasonable period of time, the Delegates shall reconvene and organize a nationwide, grassroots campaign to elect independent candidates in the 2014 midterm election. These candidates will have to take a public pledge to redress the July 4th Grievances to receive support from the National General Assembly. This election of independent candidates will seek to replace ALL of the 435 members of the House of Representatives and ALL Senators up for election in 2014.

Education and Community Outreach

The 99% Working Group, Ltd. seeks to instill in the general electorate a deeper understanding of citizenship through values expressed in our Constitution and its Bill of Rights and to educate the citizenry to become active and responsible participants in our society. As Thomas Jefferson said in 1816, “If a nation expects to be ignorant & free, in a state of civilisation, it expects what never was & never will be.” Our goal is to protect our liberty through education of the public about the political system and more specifically, the Constitution and Bill of Rights.

The 99% Working Group, Ltd is a non-profit, non-partisan, community-based organization dedicated to educating America’s people about the importance of civic participation in a democratic society and the dangers of an apathetic, uneducated populace. Under the guidance of a Board of Directors, The 99% Working Group, Ltd. develops, produces, and distributes programs and materials to public-minded citizens all across the nation.

Educational programs focus on law and government and how groups and individuals interact with the issues, institutions, people and processes that shape our laws and government. Civic Participation and voter registration programs bring to life the rights and responsibilities of active citizenship by challenging the electorate to explore their community and plan and implement projects that address community needs through participation in government.

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Check out what's being said on all the Grievances and help draft the Petition!

1. Elimination of the Corporate State
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2. Abrogation of “Citizens United” Case
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3. Elimination of All Private Benefits and Perks” to Public Servants
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4. Term Limits
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5. A Fair Tax Code
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6. Healthcare for All
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7. Protection of the Planet
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8. Federal Debt Reduction
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9. Jobs for All Americans
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10. Student Loan Debt Relief & Refinancing
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11. Ending of Perpetual War for Profit
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12. Emergency Reform of Public Education
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13. End Outsourcing and Currency Manipulation
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14. Banking and Securities Reform
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15. Foreclosure Moratorium
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16. Ending the Federal Reserve Bank
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17. Abolish the Electoral College and Enact Uniform Election Rules
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18. Ending the War in Afghanistan and
Care of Veterans
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19. No Censorship of the Internet
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20. Reinstitution of Civil Rights
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21. Ending the “War on Drugs” and
Curtailing the Prison Industrial Complex
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