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Canvass for a Cause (CFAC) is a California-based non-profit organization that focuses its efforts on building support for the progressive movement, with an emphasis on LGBT Rights. The organization was founded in the wake of Proposition 8, the California law that eliminated the right of LGBT persons to marry, and is the largest gay rights field program in San Diego. CFAC is modeled on the idea of “one heart, one mind, one person at a time,” with most of its efforts devoted to face-to-face conversation in public spaces. Activists and volunteers educate voters, identify supporters, and recruit volunteers, as per the CFAC mission statement: "to turn nonsupporters or undecided voters into supportive voters."〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.canvassforacause.org/?page_id=23 )〕 The organization is funded almost entirely by face-to-face fund-raising efforts of its grassroots organizers.〔 Its campaigns and community work have been built on a variety of progressive concerns, including LGBT marriage equality, youth bullying, women's rights, immigration, human trafficking, patient's rights & cannabis law reform, and international disaster relief efforts. ==Background== Canvass for a Cause was founded in 2009, by a group of activists specializing in political organizing who were seeking grassroots tools to help fight back on progressive issues. According to their founding Executive Director Tres Watson: “Canvass For A Cause was founded by a group of pissed-off activists who wanted to make a difference. One week after Prop. 8 passed, 25,000 people were willing to march down the streets of San Diego to demand their rights back, yet only a fraction of that were willing to spend the time actually volunteering for the campaign. We were committed to changing that … starting off as a bootstrap organization who two full time volunteers working out of an old, moldy building that was donated space. We had $20 on a card, and the passion to make a difference.”〔 Originally focused exclusively on marriage equality, Canvass for a Cause has expanded to work on the fight against Don't Ask Don't Tell, No on Question 1 in Maine, cannabis law reform, as well as partnering with the American Red Cross to help with disaster relief in Haiti.〔"(Local LGBT Groups Collaborate to Aid Haiti Relief )",''GLT News Now''.〕 Canvass for a Cause has grown from two organizers in San Diego, to over forty activists working from San Diego to projects across the country. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Canvass for a Cause」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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