Fwd: flier for 9/29 teach in

[Miriam Thompson]

PLEASE START DISTRIBUTING THE ANNOUNCEMENT AS WIDELY AS YOU CAN.   A FLIER FOR STREET DISTRIBUTION AND PROMOTION WILL BE READY SHORTLY.   THE ACTIVISTS' TEACH IN IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXAMINE THE PROMISES AND COMPROMISES IN PROPOSED LEGISLATION AND THE PRESIDENT'S PLANS.  WILL HEALTH REFORM BRING REAL HEALTH CARE JUSTICE? JOIN US.

 

 

 

 

Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.

Martin Luther King, Jr., March 25, 1966

 

 

Health Care Reform:  A Progressive Agenda

Tuesday, September 29, 2009, 7:00 – 9:00 pm

Owasa Community Room, 400 Jones Ferry Road, Carrboro

Speakers

Adam Searing, Director, NC Health Access Coalition, NC Justice Center

Adam Sotok, Organizing Director, Democracy NC

Heide Kober, President, Progressive Democrats of North Carolina

Michael Pearlmutter, Co-Chair, Durham for Obama Health Care Committee

 

 

 

 

The current health care reform struggle is a showdown between those factions that represent the corporatocracy and those that are standing up for people's rights.  And the corporatocracy is hell-bent on winning.

 

 

What can you do?

Make Your Voice Heard Now!

 

Come Get the Tools You Need

Elements of real health care reform

Current status of legislation

Corporate influence on the debate

Effective actions for a robust public option

 

 

 

 

At stake are not just the details of public policy, but fundamental principles of social justice and the character of our country. Barack Obama, September 9, 2009

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For more information, contact Jack Sanders 919-967-5155 or Miriam Thompson 919-370-4114.

 

Sponsors and Supporters

Chapel Hill/Carrboro NAACP Branch Chatham County Democratic Party Chatham County Democratic Women Colonial Heights Democratic Precinct NC Roots for Healthcare North Carolina Peace Action Orange County Campaign for Change (OC3)

Orange County Democratic Party Orange County Peace Coalition Orange-Chatham Progressive Democrats* Triangle Green Party Veterans for Peace, Triangle Chapter Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom* * teach-in organizer