Fwd: George Mann Benefit Concert for Health Care April 17th

[karen wagner]

Fyi-great upcoming events in La Grande at EOU that you might be interested in attending. Love to see you over here!  -Karen Wagner

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From: Oregon Rural Action <in...@oregonrural.org>
Date: 04/09/2014 5:34 PM (GMT-08:00)
To: kwa...@wtechlink.us
Subject: George Mann Benefit Concert for Health Care April 17th

George Mann Benefit Concert for Universal, Publicly Funded Health Care for All Oregon Oregon Rural Action invites you to a benefit concert featuring singer/songwriter George Mann, Steve Hines and Friends and Roger Barnes will be held at the McKenzie Theater (Loso Hall) at Eastern Oregon University on Thursday, April 17, 7-9:30pm. The concert will benefit the health care reform work of Oregon Rural Action and Health Care for All Oregon. The groups are organizing to bring universal, publicly funded healthcare to Oregon and eventually the entire United States. George Mann, a former union organizer and activist based in New York, is doing a series of benefit concerts throughout Oregon. Mann sings songs from the last century of labor and social activism. His own songs are powerful and funny takes on the state of the nation. Steve Hines, an eastern Oregon musician, has recruited friends from Bitterroot and other local groups for the opening set of the benefit. Steve will be joined by local musician Roger Barnes performing Pink Floyd selections from The Dark Side of the Moon.  The benefit concert is co-sponsored by the Oregon Rural Action Health Care Reform Action Team, EOU Mission for Environmental Social Awareness (MESA), Eastern Student Entertainment and Health Care for All Oregon. Tickets are available from Oregon Rural Action, 1119 Washington Ave., and Direct Music Source, 1010 Adams Ave., La Grande. A contribution of $7 is suggested. The concert will be preceded by a social hour from 6-7 PM at the theater. For further information contact bi...@oregonrural.org 541-805-5681 SAME DAY EVENTS Earlier that day 4pm at Eastern Oregon University-Huber Auditorium there will be a presentation called Failed Promises and Flawed Science: “The Impact of Glyphosate and GMO on Soil, Crop, Animal, and Human Health,” Internationally recognized plant scientist, Don Huber, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus at Purdue University will be the speaker. For more information or contact tho...@oregonrural.org SAVE THE DATE May 13th there will be two presentations on healthcare economics. Dr. Gerald Friedman, PhD, Nationally Known Health Care Economist 8-day statewide tour begins in Eastern Oregon with two presentations at Eastern Oregon University. The first presentation is from 3:30pm – 4:30pm and will be “Health Care Systems:  US and International Comparison” The second is from 7pm – 8:30pm called “One Payer Health Care: Can we afford anything less?” Both presentations are free and open to the public.   Donations to support Health Care for All Oregon appreciated Location: EOU Huber Auditorium in Badgley Hall 102 (Science Building)   Dr. Friedman, author of, “Funding HR 676: The Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act: How we can afford a national single-payer health plan”, has drafted financing plans for single-payer health care systems for Maryland, Massachusetts and the United States.  Come and learn about the benefits of health care for all people in Oregon. Contact Cheryl Simpson cks...@msn.com  for more information.

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