Rally to Protect Medicare and Social Security

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Information thanks to Donna Edwards for Congress: http://www.donnaedwardsforcongress.com

Dear Friends,

 

This coming Monday, June 13^th, at 1 pm, the Republican House & Senate Leadership--including Rep. Paul Ryan, the architect of the Republican plan to end Medicare--will be holding a "town hall" at the Newseum on the economy.

 

If interested, you can show your opposition to Republican plans to end Medicare as we know it outside the event. The "Rally to Protect Medicare and Social Security" will start at 12:30 pm outside the Newseum.  

 

Rally to Protect Medicare and Social Security

Monday, June 13^th at 12:30pm

Outside of the Newseum

555 Pennsylvania Ave, NW

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=555+Pennsylvania+Ave,+NW+Washington+DC+20001

2 blocks from Archives Metro (blue/orange lines)

Beat the Heat with Cool Tips June 12th; 2 - 4 pm

Beat the Heat with Cool Tips

Continuing the Energy Seminar Series, on June 12th, WeGreen USA with BG&E is organizing
an interactive session on how to Save Energy, Save Money

Sunday, June 12^th; 2 - 4 pm

Marilyn J. Praisner Library  –  Meeting Room

14910 Old Columbia Pike, Burtonsville, MD 20866

SAVE ENERGY, SAVE MONEY

Will focus on easy and inexpensive energy conservation methods.

A "giveaway" bag (that includes literature that the presenter will give an overview of
including Peak Rewards) will be given to each participant.

 

GUEST SPEAKER: BG&E Representative

 

Plus More … Some Great Environment Info

WeGreen USA, a community action group, is helping individuals and communities
take action in reducing the carbon footprint, greenhouse gases and environmental pollution.
Ours is the collective strength of individuals working together
for making our communities more energy efficient and sustainable.

 

Free for Maryland residents, but space is limited so please Register.

Register at: http://www.wegreen-usa.org/event-registration.html

DIRECTIONS FROM:

North (The Columbia area)

Drive south on Columbia Pike (Rt. 29).
Turn right at Spencerville Rd. (Rt. 198)
Take the next left at Old Columbia Pike. (Sandy Spring Bank is on the corner).
Continue for 1/4 mile to the library on the right.

South (The Silver Spring area)

Drive north on Columbia Pike (Rt. 29) to Greencastle Rd. (first traffic light after Briggs Chaney Plaza).
Turn Left on Greencastle Rd., continue to Old Columbia Pike.
Turn right on Old Columbia Pike.
Continue around the curve. The library is on the left and has a bright teal roof.

East (The Laurel area)

From Sandy Spring Rd. (Rt. 198) cross Columbia Pike (Rt. 29).
Take the next left at Old Columbia Pike. (Sandy Spring Bank is on the corner).
Continue 1/4 mile to the library on the right.

West (The Spencerville area)

From Spencerville Rd. (Rt. 198) drive to Old Columbia Pike
Turn right at the Sandy Spring Bank.
Continue about 1/4 mile to the library on the right.

 

WeGreen USA, a community action group, is helping individuals and communities
take action in reducing the carbon footprint, greenhouse gases and environmental pollution.
Ours is the collective strength of individuals working together
for making our communities more energy efficient and sustainable.

 

Free for Maryland residents, but space is limited so please Register.

Register at: http://www.wegreen-usa.org/event-registration.html

 

www.wegreen-usa.org

Their DREAMs and Maryland’s Future

Help Us Preserve Their DREAMs and Maryland's Future Casa de Maryland, Progressive Maryland, and allies worked hard to pass the new Dream Act in April to allow high-achieving, tax-paying immigrant students to attend Maryland colleges at in-state tuition rates. Our state joined ten others that now benefit from higher graduation rates, lifetime employment skills, and tax payments (See Washington Post editorial). But now a small group of extremists is collecting petitions to repeal it and take away educational opportunities from Maryland's children and military families. Please help us stop them and defend progress in Maryland.  If you see any anti-DREAM petitioners, call 443-990-1010 to report the: Address you saw them and description Date of the sighting  (if not immediate) What the petitioner was telling signers Save and call the "One Maryland Defense" Hotline Number: 443-990-1010 (or 1-877-299-7473 for Spanish/bilingual calls) INSTITUTIONS & ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTING THE DREAM ACT INCLUDE: CASA de Maryland, Progressive Maryland, Baltimore City Council, Maryland State Board of Education, Montgomery and Prince George's County, the University System of Maryland, Morgan State University, Maryland Association of Community Colleges, Maryland State Education Association, Maryland Industrial Areas Foundation Affiliates (IAF):  Action in Montgomery (AIM), Baltimoreans United in Leadership Development (BUILD), and People Acting Together in Howard (PATH), Baltimore Jewish Council, Baltimore-Washington Conference of the United Methodist Church, Greater Baltimore Urban League, Korean American Association, Jewish Community Relations Council, Maryland Catholic Conference, Maryland Episcopal Diocese, Maryland Interfaith Legislative Committee, Maryland Vietnamese Mutual Association, Presbytery of Baltimore, Progressive Maryland, South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT), and dozens more...

TONIGHT Healthcare NOT Warfare Celebration and Benefit

Please join us and share this email with all DC-area progressives!
View online: http://www.pdamerica.org/blog/view/healthcare-not-warfare-celebration-and-benefit-tonight/

Healthcare NOT Warfare Celebration and Benefit
TONIGHT Monday, June 6 · 8:00pm - 11:00pm

       John Nichols         Donna Smith     Thom Hartmann   Norman Solomon    

All proceeds benefit PDA's Healthcare NOT Warfare campaign.

8:00 PM Private reception: $100 suggested donation--order tickers here.

8:30 PM Main Event: $30 suggested donation--order tickets here.
If you can't be there, please support the Healthcare NOT Warfare campaign.

The Original Busboys and Poets
2021 14th St NW, Washington, DC

Closest Metro Stop: U St. / Cardozo (Green Line)
Join us for a night of celebration and community!

Featured speakers include:

• John Nichols—journalist for the Nation, political commentator for Democracy NOW! and MSNBC
• Donna Smith—co-chair Healthcare NOT Warfare Campaign, CNA/NNU community organizer
• Thom Hartmann—progressive radio host, and award-winning, New York Times best-selling author.
• Norman Solomon—Congressional candidate, National Co-Chair of Healthcare NOT Warfare.
  

8:00 PM Private reception: $100 suggested donation--order tickers here.

8:30 PM Main Event: $30 suggested donation--order tickets here.
If you can't be there, please support the Healthcare NOT Warfare campaign.

Speakout to End the Bush Tax Cuts

Tues. June 7, Noon: 10th Anniversary
Speakout to End the Bush Tax Cuts

In Courtyard of the Baltimore Social Security Admin.
6401 Security Blvd., Woodlawn, Md. (map below)
Convened by Progressive Maryland

As our nation's economic crisis continues, some in Congress would continue tax cuts for millionaires while ending Medicare as we know it and endangering our country's safety net. Progressive Maryland on Tuesday will mark the tenth anniversary of the day George W. Bush signed into law a $1.35 trillion tax cut that primarily benefited the wealthiest Americans while leaving our country with massive debt.

Please join Progressive Maryland and allies as community advocates and every day Marylanders testify about the detrimental effects and urgent need to end  tax cuts for the wealthy. This Maryland event is one of dozens across America to support Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security-- and protest efforts to cut essential services while giving trillions of dollars in additional tax cuts, exemptions and loopholes to the super-rich and to corporations.

"Enough is enough," said Executive Director Rion Dennis. "Our economy is in tatters and the middle class is disappearing. Yet some in Congress are at it again. They want to give even larger tax cuts to corporations and the super-rich while slashing essential services, environmental protections and attacking public employees."
Progressive Maryland supports the Taxation in Fairness Act, sponsored by Rep. Jan Schakowsky, an Illinois Democrat. The bill would create new tax brackets for millionaires and billionaires and help working Americans and middle-class families cope with the ongoing economic crisis.    More at http://Progressivemaryland.org

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Support the Democratic National Committee and Bernie Sanders

Please sign this letter to the Senate Democratic Caucus asking them to support the DNC Afghanistan Withdrawal Resolution and Sanders' American Health Security Act of 2011 (S.915).

This letter will be distributed to the members of the Senate Democratic Caucus on June 7, as part of the June 7 Rally and Lobby Day with the Nurses. (If you can't make it to DC, then please participate in the June 7 National Call-in Day.)

Many of our allies in the progressive movement have endorsed and signed this letter: we hope you'll join them. Sign here.

Our goal is to gather at least 25,000 signatures between now and midnight, June 5. Click here to sign, and then please post this to your Facebook page and forward this email to your like-minded friends and family members. (Remember to remove the "Unsubscribe" link at the very bottom before you send the forward.)

Bin Laden is dead; the Afghanistan mission is accomplished. It is time to bring our troops and war dollars home and start addressing the very real hardships facing Americans, including providing comprehensive healthcare for all and the spiraling costs of healthcare.

Join us for a pre-rally benefit for the Healthcare NOT Warfare campaign on June 6 at Busboys and Poets!