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2011 ACTION ALERTS:
Thurs. July 21, 4 p.m. - Celebration of the American Promise, at the FDR Presidential Library and Home in Hyde Park - RSVPs are required, as space is limited (see website link above.) Two buses will be traveling up from NYC: one leaving from downtown Brooklyn at 9:30 a.m. (stopping in Somers en route); another leaving from Harlem at 11:30 a.m. Further information and bus RSVPs at 212-523-0180 x23 or jlaymon@citizenactionny.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wed. July 20, 4:30 p.m. - NYC Caravan event will take place on the steps of Staten Island Borough Hall, right across from the street from the St. George Ferry Terminal. A “Boat Brigade” will assemble at 3:45 at South Ferry in Manhattan to take the 4 p.m. ferry across the harbor to join Staten Islanders - be there to join in the fun! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wed. & Thurs. July 20-21 - Restore the Promise Caravan that will stop in 11 communities across our state in key Congressional districts to remind elected officials that millions of New Yorkers rely on and strongly support our nation’s social contract and safety net. The two ends of the caravan will start in Buffalo and Long Island and drive toward each other and meet up in Hyde Park (see below.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- July 15, 2011 Stand Up for Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security If you’ve been following the news coming out of Washington these days, it’s very clear that our nation’s historic social contract and safety net that has evolved over nearly a century is under severe threat, if not outright attack. What’s at stake? The dignity, self-respect, and well-being of millions of elderly, children, women, people living with illnesses and disabilities, low-income people, unemployed workers, and families struggling midst the ongoing Great Recession, here in New York and across America. Many of our nation’s political leaders are ignoring the current priorities of Americans: jobs, economic recovery, tax fairness, and preserving (if not strengthening) our social contract and safety net. Instead, they are obsessing (and playing dangerous political games) about the raising the debt ceiling and addressing the federal budget deficit. Vital public programs that millions of New Yorkers and Americans rely on like Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, SSI, Unemployment Insurance, Food Stamps/SNAP, and WIC (among others) are squarely in the crosshairs ...along with the newly-birthed Affordable Care Act. In response, nationally the new “Rebuild the Dream” campaign has been launched “and we hope you’re going to one of their house parties this weekend! Here in New York, a broad coalition of groups and coalitions has come together to spearhead the new “Restore the American Promise” campaign to defend our nation’s social contract and safety net while promoting economic recovery and tax fairness. The campaign’s Statement of Unity reads as follows: What happened to the American Promise? What happened to the American Dream? This is the first generation of children not expected to surpass their parents in terms of success and security. For the past three decades, Washington politicians and their benefactors have broken their promises, and have turned the American Dream into an American nightmare. First they froze our wages. Then they took away our guaranteed pensions. Then they took away our jobs, and looted our savings. Now they’re coming for our Medicare, our Medicaid, our Social Security, all to pay for EVEN MORE tax cuts for the rich and sweetheart deals for big corporations. Soon they’ll be nothing left for us. We want our dignity back. We want our security back. We want our American promise. Restore our jobs, restore tax fairness, protect our Social Security, our Medicare, our Medicaid and other vital social programs. Don’t say “we have no money” - it’s just in the wrong pocket. This new campaign is making its big debut with some exciting events next week - we urge you to participate in one or more of them! Full details are at www.citizenactionny.org/americanpromise.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, June 16, Albany: We all worked hard in 2009-10 to get national health care reform passed, and while it wasn’t a fully-perfect bill, the new Affordable Care Act does provide a new platform for states to build upon and we can do a lot with it if we’re smart and strategic. This year, it’s New York’s turn to act, and getting an initial “ AND GOOD!” exchange bill passed is the priority of the moment. Here’s what’s happening, and how you can help:. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mon. May 30 It’s time to sign-up again this year for the “health care for all” team... and it couldn’t be a more important time to do so! We’ve got a lot of very crucial work ahead of us this year:
Here’s how you can join and support the our team! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wed. May 18, 10 a.m., New York City: State Public Hearing on New “Health Insurance Exchange” One of the major provisions of the Affordable Care Act is the creation of new state-based “health insurance exchanges” to provide a competitive marketplace for individuals, families, and small groups to purchase health insurance. They will open in 2014. Governor Cuomo and the State Legislature are trying to craft legislation to begin setting up a new exchange, to be considered by the legislature before the end of this year’s session in late June. Governor Cuomo’s office is holding public forums across the state next week to hear from the public on this matter. Click here to learn more about the NYC public forum and how you can participate. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sat. April 9, 12 noon, Times Square: Stand in Solidarity with Workers' Rights and Health Care Rights All this week, there are hundreds of “solidarity” events happening all across America (and the world, actually) to bring together voices and constituencies in support of working people and their rights to organize and bargain collectively, and calling for just and democratic policies and programs that address our common needs, including health care. The culmination event for this week will be a mass rally in Times Square taking place this Saturday, Apr. 9 starting at 12 noon. We urge everyone to attend, to stand up for the labor and social rights for ALL of us! Click here to learn more about this rally. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAT. MARCH 26 at 1 p.m., Long Island City: "Defend Our New Health Care Law" Rally It’s hard to believe, but one year ago tomorrow (March 23), President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (aka “Affordable Care Act” or “ACA”) into law. To commemorate the one-year occasion, hundreds of activities are taking place across our nation during this “ACA Anniversary Week”.The big event for NYC will be a “Defend Our New Health Care Law” rally, taking place this coming Saturday afternoon, March 26 at a community health center in Long Island City. Click here to learn more about this rally.
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