PDA Maryland is digging out of the snow and ending February with a Bang!
Join us in Baltimore, Silver Spring, Columbia, and Annapolis as we work
for Peace, Healthcare, and Clean Elections
1. Noon to 1 PM Wednesday February 17 Eat Lunch for Peace and Healthcare
2. 9 AM to 3 PM Saturday February 20 Md Single Payer Leadership Training
3. 6 to 7 PM Monday, February 22 RALLY to Take Back Democracy!
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1. TOMORROW! Noon to 1 PM Wednesday February 17
Eat Lunch for Peace and Healthcare at PDA's Brown Bag Lunch Vigils
MD-04 Rep. Donna Edwards's District Office, 8730 Georgia Ave. Suite 209,
Silver Spring, MD 20910 (near the Silver Spring metro). Call for a "NO"
vote on war funding authorization. Representative Edwards has been an
ally, so let's support her! Bring a brown-bag lunch. Organized by Ann
Wilcox. Sign up online here:
https://www.thedatabank.com/dpg/309/mtglistproc.asp?formid=meet&caleventid=16268
MD-07 Rep. Rep. Elijah Cummings? office, 1010 Park Avenue, Suite 105,
Baltimore, MD 21201. The Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore is going to
vigil outside, at noon. At 12:30 PM, we intend to go inside and bring a
message of Healthcare Not Warfare. Organized by Max Obuszewski. Sign up
online here:
https://www.thedatabank.com/dpg/309/mtglistproc.asp?formid=meet&caleventid=16255
Organize a Brown Bag Lunch Vigil in your district!
http://pdamerica.org/pdacms/node/add/lunch-vigil
For more information about the Brown Bag Lunch Vigils, contact Conor
Boylan at conor@pdamerica.org or go to the BBLV page:
http://pdamerica.org/articles/misc/2009-11-13-12-49-50-misc.php
Read my article on the BBLV effort on PDA's website:
http://pdamerica.org/articles/news/2010-02-16-13-14-21-news.php
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2. 9 AM to 3 PM Saturday February 20
Maryland Single Payer Leadership Training
7246 Cradlerock Way, Columbia, MD 21045
A day of workshops with nationally recognized single payer advocates,
meet other Maryland single payer advocates and get the tools you need to
be an effective advocate in your area. Workshops include: How to explain
single payer and how it will solve our health care crisis, build
coalitions, interact with legislators, get media attention and hold
single payer events. You will be given written materials and sample
powerpoint presentations.
Speakers include: Dr. Carol Paris (PNHP*, Baucus 8), Brigitte Marti
(PNHP), Mark Dudzic (Labor for Single Payer, Baucus 8), Chuck Pennacchio
(Healthcare for all PA), Donna Smith (California Nurses Assoc.), Diane
Wittner (Chesapeake Citizens), Katie Robbins (Healthcare-Now), Dr. Andy
Coates (PNHP, Single Payer NY) and Dr. Margaret Flowers (PNHP, Baucus 8).
For more information or to RSVP (if you want materials) contact Margaret
Flowers at mdpnhp@gmail.com or 410-591-0892. There is no registration
fee (donations accepted). Sponsored by Maryland chapter *Physicians for
a National Health Program and Healthcare-Now of Maryland.
http://www.md.pnhp.org and http://www.mdsinglepayer.org
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3. 6 to 7 PM Monday, February 22
RALLY to Take Back Democracy! Free Speech for People, Not Corporations!
Lawyer's Mall, Outdoor square in front of the State House and the
Governor's Mansion
100 State Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401
Leaders from state and national organizations, & sponsoring legislators,
will speak. Lobbying to follow.
Marylanders are responding to the shocking new Supreme Court ruling that
corporations, for the first time, can spend unlimited funds to influence
any local, state or federal political campaign. Maryland legislators
responded with critical bills that must pass this year. A bill by State
Senator Pinsky and Delegate Cardin for public financing of elections to
begin to level the playing field. Bills by State Senators Raskin and
Frosh help limit corporations? power over elections. A constitutional
amendment correcting this ruling, and the Fair Elections Now Act, for
public campaign financing, have been introduced in the U.S. Congress and
are supported by many reform groups. Contact: fairandcleanmd@gmail.com
240-280-2582 or 410-812-1447
Rally Co-Sponsors to date: Maryland Progressive Democrats of America,
Progressive Working Group, Democracy for Montgomery County,
FreeSpeechforPeople.org, Public Citizen, Progressive Maryland, Maryland
Common Cause, TrueVoteMD, The Center for Corporate Policy, Voter Action,
The League of Women Voters ? Maryland Chapter, Maryland Public Interest
Research Group, The Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry of
Maryland, The Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Womens' International
League for Peace & Freedom - Baltimore & Catonsville Branches, Citizens
Against Unlimited Corporate Campaign Contributions, Fair And Clean
Elections--and MORE!
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Thank you for all your hard work, and I hope to see you at some of these
events this week,
Mike Hersh
PDA Maryland State Organizer
Progressive Democrats of America is a grassroots PAC that works both
inside the Democratic Party and outside in movements for peace and
justice. Our goal in 2010: Expand progressive influence in Congress as
we build on our 2008 electoral successes. PDA's advisory board includes
seven members of Congress and activist leaders such as Tom Hayden, Medea
Benjamin, Thom Hartmann, Jim Hightower, and Lila Garrett.
See: http://pdamerica.org/articles/misc/2008-01-24-01-07-46-misc.php
Join a PDA Issue Organizing Team; learn more here: http://pdamerica.org/iot/
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