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The Progressives Guide to Holiday Gift-Giving

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Once again, we've assembled an assortment of gift-giving options that span the gamut of DIA's members and their respective causes. There are many awesome gifts available through our community that you can feel good about giving.

The gift-giving ideas are seperated into easy-to-navigate categories. Make sure to visit them all!


Clothing and Other Fancy Schmancy Things

Mainstreet Moms
Main Street Mom's offers an assortment of accessories and jewelry. My favorite pick is the Rhinestone Peace Bracelets.
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CIVIC Worldwide
More shirts from CIVIC—make a statement in your civilian shirt.
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They also created limited edition bracelets as 'gifts' for the donations you make for your friends and family. Cool!
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PEER
Undercover Activist boxer shorts from PEER—support their work in style.
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UUAC
Tell everyone where you stand on marriage equality.
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Safe Access
Hoodies, T-shirts...get one to show you appreciate Safe Access to medical Marijuana. These shirts are made by American Apparel and come in tons of great colors.
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CodePink
The Pretty in Pink package? Find this and more at CodePink.
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SSDP
“Make Love, not Drug Wars” teddy bears and other fine merchandise available at Students for a Sensible Drug Policy.
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UFPJ
We Say NO to the Bush Agenda" flags and more!
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Choice USA
In their own words “Whether its our signature orange star tee for you or a hip tote for your hot grandma, you can wear Choice USA on your sleeve every day.”
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Movies That Matter

Brave New Films
If you're shopping for a compelling DVD, there's really no better place to start than Brave New Films.
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IAVA
The War Tapes—the first movie filmed by soldiers themselves—is available at IAVA.
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Flex Your Rights
Busted:The Citizen's Guide to Surviving Police Encounters.
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New Mexico Media Literacy
Just do media literacy.
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Genocide Intervention Network
The Devil Came on Horseback& Hotel Rwanda available at Genocide Intervention Network.
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Progressive Library of Thought

Living Oceans
Fish for Thought? Check out this activist cookbook from Living Oceans.
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IAVA
Only supporters can get a signed copy of Paul Rieckhoff's new memoir, Chasing Ghosts (NAL Caliber) -- for the same price as the copy you could get at your local bookstore.
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Jewish Voice for Peace
A nice selection of peace-inspired books this season.
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Tikkun
Tikkun means “To heal, repair and transform the world”. Subscribe to their interfaith magazine or get a subscription for someone you care about.
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FAIR
Hell in a Handbasket and other popular books available.
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CEPR
Bad Samaritans:Rich Nations, Poor Policies and the Threat to the Developing World. Read all about it.
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Mothers Acting up
The 2008 Mothers Acting Up Handbook: YES!
Also a weekly calendar.
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Love Your Earth

FONZ
There's plenty to get excited over at the Friends of the National Zoo store.
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Your can also adopt a species. Keep a lion and her buddies safe, or adopt a cold-hearted snake to love.
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Friends of the Earth
The Friends of the Earth Store has reusable envelopes. Good for reusing all those holiday cards!
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Oceana
Send someone an organic Blue Iris Bouquet—10% of the proceeds go to help out Oceana as they fight to protect the flora and fauna of our ocean.
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Mugs, Chips N' More

Oceana
Whale Tales—the chips! I hear this goes great with salsa.
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DIA
Ahem. Consider a donation to DemocracyInAction as an investment in the progressive infrastructure.

Pace E Bene
“Peace and all good” cards—send 'em to everyone you know!
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Peace Alliance
Peace on earth cards--buy a pack for your mom.
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Center for Progressive Leadership
Sponsor a progressive leader! Now that's a cool idea...invest in the next generation of leaders.
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BORDC
Stickers and buttons—great for stocking stuffers. Check out slogans like “Dissent is patriotic”.
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Lower East Side Girls Club
This shop is sweet! It features Fair Trade and Girl-Made items from around the world and on the Lower East Side.
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You can also eat a cookie!

This is a great gift guide! You can also support healthy oceans this holiday season by adopting a marine creature at www.Oceana.org/adopt (starting in November). In return gift recipients can receive up to 16 ocean themed cookie cutters, a limited edition baking mitt and a sugar cookie recipe developed for Oceana's gift program by Warren Brown, star of the Food Network's "Sugar Rush".

To learn more, visit: http://www.oceana.org/north-america/media-center/cookie-cutter-media-kit