EDITOR'S NOTE: This is not a usual post for my Grassroots! site. But I believe the relief effort initiated by Alex Wirth for the horrendous catastrophe that has hit Haiti deserves note.
I have led an effort on my (Santa Fe Prep) student council to organize a response and would invite you all to donate. An online donation to Mercy Corps emergency response team: www.mercycorps.org/fundraising/sfpstudentcouncil will help us reach a fundraising goal of $3,000 dollars for the people in the region. If you need any more motivation, here is a video I made outlining the student council's response to the crisis. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljQ4DK9OWCc
Any donation is appreciated. - Alex
President Obama said in his first State of the Union: JUST SAYING "NO" TO EVERYTHING MAY BE GOOD SHORT TERM POLITICS, BUT IT'S NOT LEADERSHIP. WE WERE SENT HERE TO SERVE OUR CITIZENS, NOT OUR AMBITIONS." I depart this Grassroots! site hoping to serve my incredible town of Santa Fe by marshalling volunteers to engage in community-strengthening activities. Please visit ¡EngageVolunteer! for more information at http://www.EngageVolunteer.org/. January 27, 2010
EVENTS Coming Up...
- CANCELLED Jan 19, Tues: Legislative Dinner, Dem Party of Santa Fe County
- Jan 22, Fri: Voters' Guide to Santa Fe Elections available
- Jan 28, Thurs, 6:30pm: Santa Fe City Councilor Forum
- Feb 2, Tues, 6:30pm: Santa Fe Mayoral Forum
- Feb 16, Tues, Mardi Gras Party, Dem Party Santa Fe County
- Feb 20, Sat, Dem Party Convention
ABQ March4Healthcare DETAILS
- THE EVENT 9/13/09 & PHOTOS
- GUEST SPEAKERS IN ACTION!
- INCREDIBLE, INFORMATIVE, ALL-INCLUSIVE COVERAGE BY DEMOCRACY FOR NEW MEXICO.
- MEDIA COVERAGE & MORE PIX
- SENATOR FELDMAN's "FIERCE URGENCY OF NOW" SPEECH
- SENATOR ORTIZ y PINO's IMPASSIONED REMARKS
- DR. TYLER TAYLOR, A PHYSICIAN'S VIEW
- CARMEN EMERSON. A VOICE OF FAITH.
- T-SHIRTS
- BANJO, FLUTE, COW BELLS
- BLUE DOGS!
- HOME/TOP OF PAGE
PLEASE FORWARD THIS WEBSITE. SPREAD THE WORD! Help build Grassroots awareness.
Friends.
Family.
Organizations you belong to.
People you meet in checkout lines.
Your doctor, dentist, lawyer, auto mechanic...
Email or tell them all. SPREAD THE WORD as part of your volunteer efforts!
Family.
Organizations you belong to.
People you meet in checkout lines.
Your doctor, dentist, lawyer, auto mechanic...
Email or tell them all. SPREAD THE WORD as part of your volunteer efforts!
HOW IT ALL GOT STARTED.
Thanks to all of you who came to the 8/24/09 Grassroots4PublicOption meeting. We had well over 60 people attend and we did what we set out to do – get concerned people activated!!
We discussed upcoming events of interest...long-since over.
We talked about how to contact "Blue Dog Democrats” in the Senate and House to encourage them to support a public option as part of health care reform. CLICK HERE
We urged volunteers to join the healthcare reform activities of other organizations, too! CLICK
And, the biggest decision of the night, we all agreed to do the March 4 Healthcare! CLICK HERE FOR THE LEAD STORY.
We discussed upcoming events of interest...long-since over.
We talked about how to contact "Blue Dog Democrats” in the Senate and House to encourage them to support a public option as part of health care reform. CLICK HERE
We urged volunteers to join the healthcare reform activities of other organizations, too! CLICK
And, the biggest decision of the night, we all agreed to do the March 4 Healthcare! CLICK HERE FOR THE LEAD STORY.
Diego Mulligan--The Journey Home, KSFR 101.1FM - Great interview.
Rusty & Gaye were interviewed Monday, 8/31, at 5:20pm about our event and the Public Option in general. Hope you heard us. Big thanks to Diego for his always-informed questions and grasp of the issues!
BACK TO THE TOP...
Fact-checking websites actively rebutting right-wing propaganda
- POLITIFACT, won Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for coverage of 2008 election.
- FACTCHECK
- MediaMatters, extremely accurate and documented with transcripts, video, etc.
- News Hounds (We watch Fox so you don’t have to), very accurate daily commentary but does a lot of editorializing
- PHYSICIANS For A National Health Program, a non-profit research & education organization of 16,000 physicians, medical students & health professionals supporting single-payer national health insurance
- 450,000 Doctors Can't Be Wrong (video production supported by The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and Herndon Alliance) Dated 7/30/2009
Civic Plaza
