Busy Week for Health Reform in Our Area
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Mike Hersh
Jul 27, 2009, 9:01:34 AM7/27/09
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From Mike Hersh:
Thursday July 30th: We need volunteers to rally and help hand out healthcare leaflets and other materials at the Medicare Anniversary Rally 1 PM. Meet at the PDA table at Upper Senate Park. See: http://www.google.com/search?q=Upper+Senate+Park%2C+Washington+DC (Closest metro stop: Union Station--Red Line) We'll have stickers, flyers and signs.
Also Thursday, 9 AM - 11:30 AM: Volunteers needed to deliver information to all Members of Congress. Meet in Room 2138 of Rayburn House Office Building (Judiciary Committee) for materials to deliver. Email in...@healthcare-now.org if you plan to help with the morning lobby visits.
After the Rally, 2pm onward: Activists will take to the hill or meetings with Members of Congress. If you need help in setting up a meeting with your Member, please email in...@healthcare-now.org. Lobby materials will be available in the Judiciary Committee Room for pick up on the day of the meetings. They will be posted here shortly to download in advance: https://www.thedatabank.com/dpg/309/personalopt1.asp?formid=meet&c=3761492
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From Dr. Margaret Flowers:
Thursday July 30th: We need volunteers to rally and help hand out healthcare leaflets and other materials at the Medicare Anniversary Rally 1 PM. Meet at the PDA table at Upper Senate Park. See: http://www.google.com/search?q=Upper+Senate+Park%2C+Washington+DC (Closest metro stop: Union Station--Red Line) We'll have stickers, flyers and signs.
Also Thursday, 9 AM - 11:30 AM: Volunteers needed to deliver information to all Members of Congress. Meet in Room 2138 of Rayburn House Office Building (Judiciary Committee) for materials to deliver. Email in...@healthcare-now.org if you plan to help with the morning lobby visits.
After the Rally, 2pm onward: Activists will take to the hill or meetings with Members of Congress. If you need help in setting up a meeting with your Member, please email in...@healthcare-now.org. Lobby materials will be available in the Judiciary Committee Room for pick up on the day of the meetings. They will be posted here shortly to download in advance: https://www.thedatabank.com/dpg/309/personalopt1.asp?formid=meet&c=3761492
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From Dr. Margaret Flowers:
Tuesday, July 28th: Please join us for the
kick-off of Artists for Guaranteed Health
Care - a multidisciplinary group of artists educating about and
advocating for health care as a human right and working to put a human
face on health reform! The press conference will be sponsored by the
Gesundheit! Institute and Amnesty International. Join
us at 9:30 am in front of the Rayburn House
Office Building
(Independence Ave side) and march into the building with Dr. Patch
Adams.
Then join us in Rayburn Room 2226 at 10 am for the press conference and panel discussion. Members of Congress and celebrities will be in attendance. We will kick the new project" Faces of the Uninsured and Underinsured. A film crew from New York will also be present. All are welcome to attend this event. At 11 we will attend a hearing in the Judiciary Committee on bankruptcy (recognizing the profound effect of medical debt on bankruptcy in this country). The press conference invitation is attached.
Then join us in Rayburn Room 2226 at 10 am for the press conference and panel discussion. Members of Congress and celebrities will be in attendance. We will kick the new project" Faces of the Uninsured and Underinsured. A film crew from New York will also be present. All are welcome to attend this event. At 11 we will attend a hearing in the Judiciary Committee on bankruptcy (recognizing the profound effect of medical debt on bankruptcy in this country). The press conference invitation is attached.
On Wednesday morning at 11 am, we will present Rep.
Sarbanes with
a cake in honor of Medicare's Birthday and petitions asking him to
co-sponsor HR 676. Please join us outside his office in Towson.
On Wednesday afternoon, we will present a briefing in
Congress on
the current health legislation moving through the House and Senate.
Presenters will include Dr. Len Rodberg and Dr. Margaret Flowers of
Physicians for a National Health Program. More info on this will be
provided as it becomes available. All are welcome.
On Thursday, we celebrate Medicare's Birthday with a full
day of events. Go to www.healthcare-now.org for more information. Hope
to see you there!
Mike Hersh
Jul 27, 2009, 11:15:15 AM7/27/09
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CORRECTION: Tuesday, July 28th kick-off of Artists
for Guaranteed Health
Care.
Meet at 9 am at the Methodist Church at 1st ST and Maryland Ave near the Supreme Court Bldg.
Google Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=100+Maryland+Ave+NE+Washington,+DC+20002&oe
Nearest metro stops: Union Station (red line) Capitol South (blue and orange lines)
Please join us for the - a multidisciplinary group of artists educating about and advocating for health care as a human right and working to put a human face on health reform! The press conference will be sponsored by the Gesundheit! Institute and Amnesty International.
Meet at 9 am at the Methodist Church at 1st ST and Maryland Ave near the Supreme Court Bldg.
Google Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=100+Maryland+Ave+NE+Washington,+DC+20002&oe
Nearest metro stops: Union Station (red line) Capitol South (blue and orange lines)
Please join us for the - a multidisciplinary group of artists educating about and advocating for health care as a human right and working to put a human face on health reform! The press conference will be sponsored by the Gesundheit! Institute and Amnesty International.
Then join us in Rayburn Room 2226 at 10 am for the
press
conference and panel discussion.
Very sorry for any confusion!
Mike Hersh
Jul 27, 2009, 11:30:51 AM7/27/09
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Correcting the previous correction! Our apologies for the
confusion--it's a busy time!
Tomorrow, Tuesday, July 28th kick-off of Artists for Guaranteed Health Care WILL meet at 9:30 am in front of the Rayburn House Office Building (Independence Ave side) and march into the building with Dr. Patch Adams.
Thursday, July 30th Meet at 9 am at the Methodist Church at 1st ST and Maryland Ave near the Supreme Court Bldg.
Tomorrow, Tuesday, July 28th kick-off of Artists for Guaranteed Health Care WILL meet at 9:30 am in front of the Rayburn House Office Building (Independence Ave side) and march into the building with Dr. Patch Adams.
Thursday, July 30th Meet at 9 am at the Methodist Church at 1st ST and Maryland Ave near the Supreme Court Bldg.
Google Map:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=100+Maryland+Ave+NE+Washington,+DC+20002&oe
Nearest metro stops: Union Station (red line) Capitol South (blue and orange lines)
Nearest metro stops: Union Station (red line) Capitol South (blue and orange lines)
Again, very sorry for the confusion,
Mike
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