PDA Weekly Field Report - 8/24 - 8/30
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Busy Week!
Dear friend
Syria:
Thank you to all who took action during the week to contact your members of Congress asking them to sign on to the Barbara Lee letter, which strongly urges the President "to seek an affirmative decision of Congress prior to committing any U.S. military engagement to this complex crisis." 61 members signed that letter. Read the letter and see the co-signers here. Also read this fine article by Cole Stangler from In These Times about the looming threat. Add your name to Rep. Alan Grayson's petition here.Letter Drop Campaign:
It's hard to believe that September is almost upon us! That means another round of letter drops are around the corner on Wednesday, September 18th. We finished August with 233 letter drops around the country. View the August digest here. PDA members took to the Hill last Monday to push for our legislation. See photos here.
We will be rolling out our plans for our September drops on a conference call next Wednesday. Email Conor here if you want to participate. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will be high on the agenda. Listen to Lori Wallach (Director, Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch") discuss this bad trade deal on a recent episode of Blog Talk Radio here. Sign our action alert here.
Issue Teams:
Hear our End Corporate Rule August Call Recording here. This month we had reports on
the Democracy Convention in Wisconsin, the March on
Washington, an update on the Anti-Corruption bill, and
saving the Post Office. Plus, there was lots of discussion
on the constitutional amendments in relation to money not
being speech and corporations not being people.
The Election Integrity August Call Recording is here - a great call with Jonathan
Simon, co-founder and Executive Director of Election
Defense Alliance. Mr. Simon, a statistician and specialist
in risk-limiting audits, works on the other side of the
ballot box, and he discussed just what the problems are
and why paper ballots are a large part of the solution. It
was a great presentation with informative Q&A.
Calls this week:
On Wednesday we will have our Economic and Social
Justice call. RSVP here.
Blog Talk Radio:
Listen here to Dana and Joseph
Siegleman as they discuss their efforts to free
their father, former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman
- an American political prisoner. Visit and join the thunderclap and sign the petition.
The Climate Crisis - Expanding the Discussion
to Adaptation can be heard here.
See the full list of all our Blog Talk Radio shows here.
Upcoming Events:
Sept. 6 and 7
PDA will return to the
Annual Fighting Bobfest in Madison, WI
Sept. 11
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. We will have the web link for you next
week.
Sept. 17
We will also be on the ground for a Robin Hood Tax rally in New York City.
Read:
- Not Another Undeclared War: Call Congress Back Into Session
- Will
Congress Block an Attack on Syria?
- Why I'm
on Strike Today: I Can't Support Myself on $7.85 at
Burger King
- Read the newsletter from
our good friends at CCDS titled War Drums and Social
Dynamite
Watch:
This Is
Probably The Funniest, Most Effective Way To Deal With
People Who Ignore Science Facts Ever
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!
PDA members joined with National
Nurses United
at the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington
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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