PDA Weekly Field Report - 8/31 - 9/6
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Taking it to the Streets!
Dear friend,
Syria – Emergency Letter Drops:Big thanks to all of you who participated in our emergency letter drop campaign this week to prevent military action in Syria. We have had at least 150 emergency drops so far and these will continue into early next week. Our team on the hill delivered 118 letters also. See how your Representative may vote by clicking on this interactive map. View the letter that was delivered here and see photos here.
In case you missed it - Listen to the special call that we had with guest Tom Hayden, Director of the Peace and Justice Resource Center and PDA Advisory Board Member.
Upcoming Syria Events:
If you want to deliver a letter early next week, contact Conor, or if you want to participate in a vigil, MoveOn is providing the logistical support and hosting a single portal for organizing vigils online here.
Issue Teams:
Lots going on with the Economic and Social Justice team as they debate recommendation of Congresswoman Frederica Wilson's (D) (FL-24), American Jobs Act of 2013, HR 2821, to PDA, plus more actions on how to stop the Trans Pacific Partnership. Listen to the call here and find out more about HR 2821 here. You can also visit the team page here or contact them by clicking here.
Calls this week:
End Mass Criminalization Action Group Call is on Monday. RSVP and see full agenda here
End Wars and Occupations Call is Tuesday. RSVP here.
Blog Talk Radio:
See the full list of all our Blog Talk Radio shows here.
Upcoming Events:
PDA
will return to the annual Fighting
Bobfest this weekend in Madison, Wisconsin .
Join Lori Wallach, Members of Congress and others at
the Progressive Democrats of America Progressive Round
Table in D.C. Wednesday, September 11, 1 to 3 PM ET /
11 AM to Noon PT Webcast Live From the Halls of Congress in
Washington, D.C. Click here for the weblink.
Register here.
We
will also be on the ground for a Robin Hood Tax
rally in New York City on September
17th.
Read:
- Top
10 Unproven Claims for War Against Syria by Dennis
J. Kucinich
- 9
Ways America Has Fueled the Bloody Civil War in Syria
by Sandy Davies, PDA End Wars and Occupations
Issue Team Leadership
- The
‘Strange Majority’ Against Syrian Intervention - In
These Times
- As federal lawmakers and
the American people grapple with the possibility of U.S.
military intervention in Syria, NPP brings you a new interactive tool.
- Read the newsletter from
our good friends at CCDS titled, War and Austerity: New
Breaking Points
Watch:
Rep. Alan Grayson
tells White House: Don't Attack Syria.
NEW Power Point:
Here is a very useful tool to show PDA members, old and new,
to all PDA is doing and our recent accomplishments. It
demonstrates how our PDA activities work together, and how
they have gained us traction on the Hill. It describes our
Issue Teams, and our Letter Drops, and has videos with
recent highlights. We recommend it be shown at your chapter
meeting, and to groups which are interested in what PDA is,
and does. Please download and take a look (use slide show
for best viewing) here. Big thank you to Judy Hess
for helping craft this and to our leadership for helping put
the finishing touches to it. We will add it to our
soon-to-be new look website in the coming weeks.
Spot
the Banner!
The banner was spotted in
St. Petersburg, Florida during the week
at an emergency
rally against military intervention in Syria.
In
solidarity,
Conor Boylan, PDA Deputy Director
Andrea Miller, PDA Deputy Field Director
Tim Carpenter, PDA National Director
Judy Hess, PDA National Field Coordinator
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