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Your
invitation to get involved!
PDA and Nation Magazine will share
event venue
during
DNC Convention week in Denver
By Evi Klett :: Co-Coordinator PDA-Colorado
Denver
is buzzing with activity in preparation for the DNC at the
end of August.
PDA is partnering with the
Nation magazine at the Denver location that's been dubbed
Progressive Central
to present an outstanding series of “Intimate Conversations
with Congressional Progressive Caucus members” and PDA Issues
Panels with amazing speakers, such as Barbara Lee, John Nichols,
Jim Hightower, Laura Flanders, Norman Solomon and many others
who will be joining us at the Central Presbyterian Church,
17th and Sherman, from Sunday 8/24 through Thursday
8/28.
 Denver's
Central Presbyterian Church will host PDA events |
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For
those of you living in the Denver Metro Area, we will be holding
a series of weekly meetings to prepare our DNC events and activities.
Here’s our meeting line-up.
Upcoming PDA@DNC Denver
Planning Meetings
Tuesday 7/29 Ford Warren Library (2825 High
St. at E. 28th Ave) 6-8 PM
Tuesday 8/5 Blair Caldwell Library
(2401 Welton Street) 6-8 PM
Sunday 8/10 Panera’s (1350 Grant
St.) 2-4 PM
Tuesday 8/19 Ford Warren Library (2825 High St.
at E. 28th Ave) 6-8 PM
Our main agenda will be preparing our
PDA events for the DNC including the “Healthcare Not Warfare”
(HNW) campaign. The HNW petitions will be delivered (during
the DNC) to Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Howard Dean, and our
individual Congress members. Please sign the petition here
and be counted! Colorado Democrats included a single payer
plank on their 2008
party platform.
We will also be organizing our congressional
district delegation work. If you cannot make it to the meetings
but you would still like to volunteer during the DNC or be
part of a CD delegation visit to your representative, please
send us an email at DNCvolunteers@pdamerica.org. Be well everyone
and let’s cultivate the kind of community and world we want
to live in.
For more details see this
article on the National PDA website.
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