Initiative
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Popular initiative is a political process by which a referendum can be triggered by a petition of voters.
Initiative or The Initiative may also refer to:
Fiction
- Avengers: The Initiative, a comic book series from Marvel Comics
- Civil War: The Initiative, a comics crossover storyline from Marvel Comics
- Fifty State Initiative, a fictional government program in the Marvel Comics Universe
- The Dharma Initiative, a fictional organization from the television show Lost
- "The Initiative", the seventh episode of season 4 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Games
- Initiative (chess), the ability in chess to make attacks that must be responded to
- initiative (role-playing games), a number which determines the order in which characters take actions, especially during combat
Organizations
- Initiative (agency), a media buying agency that is part of Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG)
- The Initiative Collective (aka "The Initiative"), a worldwide group of grassroots neighborhood watch organizations
- Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties (INITIATIVE), a European Marxist–Leninist political group
Other
- Initiative Q, an alternative payment network
- The Initiative (Tunisia) – a political party
- The Hawkeye Initiative, a tumblr page that features comic book character Hawkeye in various poses held by female comic book characters
- The Initiative (company), a video game development company based in Santa Monica
- One Watt Initiative, energy-saving initiative
Topics referred to by the same term
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