To represent the public interest position challenging whether private corporations can hold patents on plant life, in the context of a landmark lawsuit that could have major implications for the genetic engineering industry, and hence for the future of agriculture.
To support the Committee on Nuclear Policy’s “Jump-START Campaign” to promote a nuclear disarmament agenda with the Clinton Administration.
To maintain, increase and improve a publicly available database of television and radio broadcast and photographic materials on human rights conflicts and issues around the world.
To educate low- and moderate-income individuals in the Worcester area about the implications of welfare reform in Massachusetts, and to train them to hold public officials accountable for the effects these policies have.
To hire additional staff to extend an office skills training program to reach long-term unemployed; and to help underwrite scholarships for the working poor who no longer have access to state subsidies.
To implement a public education and media campaign that advocates restricting expansions at Vermont’s Killington and Stratton ski resorts because they will promote sprawl and further degrade natural resources.
To support research on the circadian regulation of mammalian neural activity.
To support research on neural activity during behavioral tasks requiring perception, memory, attention and action, with a concentration on the translation of spatial information from one frame of reference into another.
To support research on trans-synaptic signaling molecules and mechanisms that generate synaptic specificity during the development of the nervous system.
To refocus public attention on bovine growth hormone and develop broad opposition to genetically modified food.