Events
Brownville
Lyceum Forum: Child Abuse
2pm Sun July 13th at the Brownville Lyceum, 228 Main
St, Brownville, NE http://brownvillelyceum.com
Discussion
Leader: Dr. Trudie Myers - Retired elementary principal with 45 years of
classroom experience and author of "You Can Tell".
Lincoln
for Obama Unity Social
7:30-10:30pm
Sun July 13th at Zen's; 122 N. 11th St,
Lincoln
Every
Child Matters Organizational Meeting
11-Noon
Tues July 15th at the Lincoln Community
Foundation
5th
Floor Conference Rm, 215 Centennial Mall South
Info:
Terry (402-477-7344)
EveryChildMatters.org/Nebraska
Sponsor:
National Assn of Social Workers
Mayor
Helen Boosalis; My Mother's Life in Politics
With
author Beth Boosalis Davis
4:30 -
7pm Wed July 16th at The Knolls (2201 Old
Cheney Rd)
Hosts:
Beatty Brasch, Jan Gauger, Maxine Moul and Lynn Roper
from
the invitation... Join us for appetizers, remarks by Boosalis, a reading by
Davis, and a book signing. A cash bar will be available.
DFA
Night School - The Political Mind w/ George Lakoff
6:30pm Thurs July 17th
http://democracyforamerica.com/events/29683-dfa-night-school-framing-the-2008-election
Netroots
Nation
July 17-20th at Austin, TX
Related:
http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/my-netroots-nationality
4th
Annual PDA Grassroots Leadership Conference
Aug 1-3 in
Chicago
https://www.thedatabank.com/dpg/309/donate.asp?formid=meet&c=445103
Community
Arts Afternoon
1-4pm Sun Aug 3rd at the Lux Center for the Arts (2601 N
48th; Lincoln)
Info:
402-466-8692
EndowNebraska
Annual Meeting
http://k.b5z.net/i//u/2175484/i/2008_ANNUAL_MEETING_REGISTRATION_FORM.doc
http://www.nebraskataxcredit.org
Tues Aug 5th at Ashland Country Club, 16119 Hwy 6, Ashland, NE
(3
miles north of I-80 exit 420, then 1/2 mile west on Hwy 6)
10am
registration and networking
10:30 panel
on the use of the Nebraska Charitable Tax Credit over the past 2 years
Keynote
Speakers: Senators Abbie Cornett (Bellevue) and Dave Pankonin (Louisville)
Lincoln
Paint-a-Thon
Sat Aug 9th
Lincoln
Green Drinks
5:30pm Wed Aug 27th (4th Wednesdays, Even months)
Lazlo's
Brewery and Grill in the Haymarket at 210 N. 7th St. map
Nebraska
Social Workers Convention
Fri Oct 10th at The LaVista Embassy Suites Hotel, 12520 Westport Pkw, LaVista,
Nebraska
Jim
Esch - Lee Terry Debate
Thurs Oct 16th at the Omaha Press Club
Info:
matt@jimesch.org
General
Election Day
Tues Nov 4th
Activism
Those who are too smart to engage in
politics
are punished by being governed by those who
are dumber. --Plato
(with some noted exceptions, of course)
Local
Action Alert: Wednesday Antiwar Vigils
Join
the weekly antiwar vigil at the Federal Building, 15th and O streets in
Lincoln, every Wednesday from 5 to 6 p.m. Bring your own antiwar sign or use one
of ours. We have a lot of fun while bearing witness to injustice. Bring your
friends!
Contact
Mark at 499-6672 or mark@weddleton.com
Local
Action Alert: Circulators Needed for City Charter Petition for Ethics in
Government
Deadline
for November Ballot: Fri Aug 1st
Petitions
& T-Shirts available at 1045 Lincoln Mall, Suite 200 or...
Check
booth at the Zoo Bar Festival today (July 12tj);
14th St (between O and P Sts)
Blue
America says Thanks to Dems that stood up for the Constitution: New Barrow ads
Chris
Dodd (CT), Russ Feingold (WI), Tom Allen (ME), Tom Udall (NM), Carol
Shea-Porter (NH), Doug Tudor (FL), Dennis Shulman (NJ), Andrew Rice (OK), Rick
Noriega (TX), Darcy Burner (WA), Jim Himes (CT), Jon Tester (MT)
Blue America's FISA dollars at Work: Full page ad at the
Washington Post
On July 4th, America Celebrated the Rule of Law. On July 9th, The Senate Will
Vote To Bury It.
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/07/08/draft-blue-americas-fisa-dollars-at-work/
Related:http://tinyurl.com/6ju7xk
One way
to fight back on the FISA capitulation... Change your mobile phone service.
When
the ACLU sued the National Security Agency over warrantless wiretapping,
CREDO
joined with an amicus brief - the only phone company to do so.
http://www.credomobile.com/?event=showSpecialOfferHome&pageID=299
Another
way to fight back... support Max Yashirin, Democratic candidate opposing
Fortenberry (MaxCongress.com). Max opposed this week's FISA capitulation while
all of Nebraska's Federal representatives in Washington capitulated.
from
Max's e-mail...
I just
sent out a press release expressing my dismay at the passage of the new FISA
Act. When I joined the Marines I pledged to support and defend the U.S.
Constitution and I continue to uphold that duty.
Some of
you probably heard me talk at the Nebraska Democratic State Convention about
what our Founding Fathers would think about the state of our nation
today. I said that after they finished rolling over in their graves, they
would demand change in our country. We all know that real progressive
leadership in Washington is needed to roll back the damage that has been done
by Republicans over the last 8 years.
Or...
help the ACLU defend the Constitution (http://www.aclu.org/about/support/index.html)
CREDO's
2008 Donations Ballot
http://www.workingassets.com/voting/?HBX=8
The
Uprising
http://www.goleft.tv/viewer.asp?v=1565
We
CanŐt Afford to Wait for a Clean Energy Economy
http://www.wecansolveit.org/page/s/gasprices
Sierra
Club Backs Obama...
http://www.barackobama.com/issues/energy/
from
their e-mail...
Simply
put, it's because we believe Obama shares our concerns, values and vision for a
clean energy future. He agrees with us that it's not time for half steps; that
what America needs is bold, transformational action that will break the
chokehold Big Oil has on our economy and Washington politics, provide
short-term relief for American families and long-term solutions for our energy
and economy problems.
"Lightbulbs
to Leadership" house parties
8
Arrested in Ohio Coal Plant Fight
http://www.coal-is-dirty.com/dear-king-coal-we-are-not-kidding
Why
Not a Renewable Energy War Supplemental?
http://www.coal-is-dirty.com/why-not-a-renewable-energy-war-supplemental
Time
to Vote: Annual UCS Cartoon Contest
http://ucsaction.org/campaign/science_idol_2008_vote/
$40M
Campaign For Comprehensive Health Care
...the
group will be sending organizers to 52 cities, blasting out emails to 5 million
households, airing spots on MSNBC and CNN and submitting op-eds to major papers
(officials hinted at the New York Times piece to come).
In
addition, the campaign is going to take advantage of Moveon.org's massive data
files to reach out to like-minded supporters and officials promised to work in
Democratic and Republican districts alike.
"We'll
have an organizer in the district of every Blue Dog Democrat," said HCAN
campaign manager Richard Kirsch of the conservative Democrats.
First ad...
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/07/09/health-care-for-america-now-gets-to-work/
Doctors
Press Senate to Undo Medicare Cuts
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/07/health/policy/07medicare.html?hp
Tell
the House to Veto the FCC
https://secure.freepress.net/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=265
Migrant
Workers v. Del Monte Fresh Produce S.E. (by way of Southern Poverty Law Ctr)
You
cannot... poison us without protest
http://thinkprogress.org/wonkroom/2008/07/06/kaine-coal-video/
Related:
http://www.coal-is-dirty.com/sciam-covers-coal-industry-wars-georgia
Ft.
Bragg military wives to protest radical church's celebration of pregnant
soldier's death.
North
Carolina state employee forced to retire for refusing to honor Jesse Helms.