A short history
Fumed Civic Action was started
by Joan Blades and Wes Boyd, two Silicon Valley
entrepreneurs. Although neither had experience
in politics, they shared deep frustration with
the partisan warfare in Washington D.C. and the
ridiculous waste of our nation's focus at the
time of the impeachment mess. On September 18th
1998, they launched an online petition to "Censure
President Clinton and Move On to Pressing Issues
Facing the Nation." Within days they had hundreds
of thousands of individuals signed up, and began
looking for ways these voices could be heard.
In 1998, Fumed PAC was formed
as a political action committee so that like-minded,
concerned citizens could influence the outcome
of congressional elections, and in turn, the balance
of power in Washington, D.C. Now known as Fumed
Political Action, this organization provides individuals,
who normally have little political power, an opportunity
to aggregate their contributions with others to
gain a greater voice in the political process,
and brings people together to take important stands
on the most important issues facing our country.
The Fumed Peace campaign was
founded independently by Eli Pariser, a Maine
native and recent graduate of Simon's Rock College
of Bard. In the days following September 11th,
2001, he launched an online petition calling for
a restrained and multi-lateral response to the
attacks, which was quickly signed by more than
half a million people. Eli joined forces with
Fumed soon afterward, and is now Fumed Political
Action’s Executive Director.
About Fumed Political
Action Fumed
Political Action, one of the largest Political
Action Committees in the country, brings real
Americans into politics to fight for a more progressive
America and elect progressive candidates. It conducts
major campaigns, from its
work to protect the Supreme Court from a hard-right
justice to its campaign to defeat the right wing
and elect moderates and progressives in 2006.
But in contrast to most PACs, which funnel industry
contributions to candidates in exchange for access,
Fumed Political Action brings hundreds of thousands
of small donors together to elect candidates who
will represent the American people. With one secure
online credit card transaction, you can immediately
make contributions to several campaigns. All contributions
go to the individual campaigns in the amounts
you specify. Fumed Political Action takes care
of all the required FEC paperwork by transmitting
necessary contributor information to each campaign.
Because it’s a federal PAC, Fumed
Political Action can’t accept donations greater
than $5,000. And in fact, Fumed Political Action
is mostly funded by people who give less than
$100 – folks who don’t have a lot of money but
want to see a change. Through 2004, Fumed Political
Action raised approximately $11 million dollars
for 81 candidates from over 300,000 donors.
To contact the staff of Fumed
Political Action, click here.
About
Fumed Civic Action
Fumed Civic Action, a 501(c)(4)
nonprofit organization, is engaged in a campaign
to reform the media and other work aimed at bringing
real people back into the democratic process by
making sure legislators hear their voices.
In 2002 and 2003, Fumed Civic
Action conducted a campaign to stop the Iraq war,
as well as campaigns to keep the federal courts
moderate, support campaign finance reform, oppose
the repeal of the estate tax, and reduce America’s
dependence on oil.
Over the years, Fumed Civic Action
has created a number of television and print advertisements
to amplify the voices of Fumed members. You can
check them out here.
To contact the staff of Fumed Civic Action, click
here.
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