PDA Weekly Field Report - 10/12 - 10/18
Conor Boylan
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A well “educated” week!
Dear friend,
Educate Congress Letter
Drop Campaign:
We are still calculating the final numbers but are currently
on target for a total of 197 letter drops around the
country. This month we “educated” our members to get back to
work and take a grand bargain off the table, on the the Trans-Pacific
Partnership and on single
payer healthcare.
You can view the letter that
was delivered to Congressional offices here.
Read the incomplete digest here
We also held a national
call-in day on behalf of HR 676, Rep. John Conyers's
bill for Medicare for All, with nine other groups, which
generated thousands of calls into offices around the
country. Big thank you to all of who participated!
Carl Sciortino Campaign:
Thanks to all of you who helped make calls for Carl
Sciortino. Unfortunately Carl did not win, but ran a
fine race and he will be back!
Take Action!
PDA members who called and e-mailed Congress to prevent U.S.
missile strikes against Syria woke the sleeping
giant of democracy in America and won a historic victory for
peace and humanity over war and militarism. As we keep pushing for a
ceasefire, a peaceful political transition and humanitarian
aid to Syria, we can also exercize the initiative to demand
new diplomacy to end sanctions and normalize relations with
Iran. Please use this PDA Action Alert to ask the President
to engage in serious, good-faith diplomacy with Iran, and
ask members of Congress to Co-sponsor Rep. Barbara Lee's
bill, HR 783, to prevent war through diplomacy with Iran.
Congrats Tim and PDA!
The National Priorities Project will tonight honor their
2013 Democracy Champions. Tim will be given one of
these awards for his relentless work for PDA and the
progressive movement. He will thank all the PDA community
for making it all happen.
Issue Teams:
End Mass Criminalization had a full agenda this week
as they discussed the October 22nd Day of Action (click here to find out more), the California
hearings on Solitary Confinement, legislative hearings on
federal mandatory minimums, and much more. You can listen to
the call here. To learn more about this
exciting team, visit their page here
or email them here.
After their return from the Healthcare NOW! national
strategy conference, the Health Care Human Rights
team had a great call with our own Tim Carpenter as
they recapped the conference, discussed the direction of the
single-payer movement, and made a big push for the National
Call in Day for HR 676. You can listen here to the call. To find out more
about the Health Care Human Right team, visit their page here or contact them directly by
clicking here.
There was a dynamic and informative call with the Stop
Global Warming team as they talked about the upcoming
Global Frackdown events being staged worldwide (find
out more here), and heard from NASA researcher,
Carl Weaver, about what is really happening with
climate change. You can listen to the call here.
To find out more about this team, visit their page here or contact them directly by
clicking here.
Calls this week:
On Tuesday we will have our Election
Integrity Issue Team Conference Call. RSVP and see
agenda here.
On Wednesday we will have our End Corporate Rule
Issue Team Conference Call. RSVP and see agenda here.
Blog Talk Radio:
Upcoming Events:
This Weekend:
On October 19, 2013, the Global Frackdown will unite
concerned citizens around the globe to tell elected
officials that we want a future lit by clean, renewable
energy; not dirty, polluting fossil fuels. The journey to a
renewable energy future will not be fueled by shale gas.
Take a stand against fracking — find an event near you and join the
Frackdown!
John Nichols and Robert McChesney will join
PDA members in Los Angeles for a discussion on Dollarocracy
on October 20.
John Nichols and Robert McChesney will be
joined by Tom Hayden, Mimi Kennedy and Tim
Carpenter in Orange County, CA for a special
Dollarocracy event on October 21
Read:
- Harry Reid Says Hiking Defense Spending For Social Security Cuts Is A 'Stupid Trade'
- Read the newsletter from our good friends at CCDS titled GOP in Turmoil as the Banksters Hit the Brakes.
Spot the Letter Drop!
Members of our Massachusetts
team delivered a letter during the week to Rep. Jim
McGovern (MA).
Left to Right: Liz Quigley (staffer for Rep. Jim
Mcgovern), Mollie Braun and Michaele Marantz
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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