FW: HEALTH CARE CALENDAR AND 8/20 DEMO

[Tom Fewel]

Posted at the request of Miriam Thompson

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From: Miriam Thompson [mailto:mthomp...@nc.rr.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 10:59 PM
Subject: Fwd: HEALTH CARE CALENDAR AND 8/20 DEMO

 

 

North Carolina Health Care for America Now, Fair Share and Organizing for America and others are urging us to join them at the Blue Cross Blue Shield Headquarters on 15-501 in Chapel Hill to show our support for a transformational change in our health care delivery system.  Let's not let race, guns and greed destroy democratic discourse and derail an historic opportunity to get close to the universal system we all have been fighting for.  Health Care is a Human Right.  Below we are also posting events hosted by our allies and friends. 

 

Look for a longer message with legislative and media action steps we can all take to change the terms of the health care debate and shape its outcome.

 

best

 

Miriam

Thursday, August 20, 2009

11:00 am

·          NC HCAN Action @ Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, at the BCBSNC offices, 1830 US 15-501 in Chapel Hill, NC. Please contact Lynice Williams at ncf...@aol.com or 919.618.5951 for details.

1:00 pm

·          NC HCAN Coalition Meeting in Durham, NC.  Location TBD.  For information about location please contact John Parker at trian...@yahoo.com.  

Sunday, August 23, 2009

2:45 pm

·         Hands Across America for Healthcare, a celebration of community with Music, Festivities and Food (bring a covered dish to share and your own drinks), Hugh McRae Park in Wilminton, NC.  For more information contact Kay Zwan at kz...@att.net or 731-267-2792.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

6:00 pm

·         DFO Action Fair for Healthcare Reform at St. Joseph's AME Church, 2521 Fayetteville Street, in Durham, from 6-8:30 p.m. Sign up here.  

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

 7:00 pm

·         SEANC Town Hall at St Matthew AME, 1629 Bennett St., Raleigh, NC, 7:00-9:00pm.  For information please contact Will Cubbison at wcub...@seanc.org or Kevin Lecount at KLeC...@seanc.org.

Thursday, August 27, 2009

12:00 pm

·         AFSCME Rally at the NC Republican Party Headquarters, 1506 Hillsborough St, Raleigh, NC.  Encourage folks to use their lunch break to come out and support this event.  For information contact Jonathon Bray at 202.215.1406 or jb...@afscme.org.

7:00 pm

• SEANC Town Hall, Pender Cooperative Extension, 801 S. Walker St., Burgaw, NC.  For information please contact Will Cubbison at wcub...@seanc.org or Kevin Lecount at KLeC...@seanc.org.

Saturday, August 29, 2009

• NC HCAN Rally and Prayer Vigil at the NC Capitol, 1 E Edenton St, Raleigh, NC.  Please contact Lynice Williams at ncf...@aol.com or 919.618.5951 for details.

 

If you have any other events that you would like coalition partners to be aware of, please send the information the Dustin Bayard at hba...@gmail.com.

 

Also, fliers for these events are upcoming.  For a copy of the flier for the BCBS of NC action on Thursday, August 20, 2009, please contact Lynice Williams at ncf...@aol.com or 919.618.5951.

 

Thanks for all the hard work you do,

 

Pat McCoy and Lynice Williams

On behalf of the NC HCAN Steering Committee

 

p.s.- don't forget to plan to come to our coalition meeting on Thursday.  Also, listed below are events planned by Sen. Burr, just in case folks want to turn out and show support for health care reform.

 

Richard Burr Events

 

Thursday, August 20

 

7:30 AM         Burr to attend Arden Rotary Club Breakfast

                        The Orchard at Broadmoor, 101 French Broad Lane, Fletcher, NC 28732

 

10:00 AM       Burr to visit Yancey EnergyXchange

                        *Anyone wishing to cover this event should contact Heather Dawes (828) 675-5541

                        66 EnergyXchange Drive, Fletcher, NC 28732

 

12:00 PM        Burr to attend Mitchell County Chamber of Commerce Lunch

                        2360 Swiss Pine Lake Dr., Spruce Pine, NC 28777

 

3:00 PM          Burr to visit Frye Regional Medical Center

                        *Anyone wishing to cover this event should contact Eddie Salyards at (828) 315-5852                

                        420 N. Center Street, Hickory, NC  28601

 

Friday, August 21

 

12:00 PM        Burr to speak at Reynolds Rotary

                        LJVM Coliseum in the Winston Room, 2825 University Parkway, Winston-Salem, NC 27105

 

Sunday, August 23

 

5:00 PM          Burr to attend Greater Greensboro Republican Women's Meeting

                        Starmount Forest Country Club, 1 Sam Snead Drive, Greensboro, NC