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Endorsement News from DFA-OC
DFA-OC
has endorsed the following candidates in the June primary:
Bill Hedrick - 44th CD
www.hedrickforcongress.com
Steve
Young - 48th CD
http://steveyoungforcongress.com/2008/
Tim
Goodrich - Torrance City Council
http://www.goodrichforcouncil.com/
Ginny Mayer - 35th State Senate District
www.ginnymayer.com
Visit
their web sites for more information.
Quarterly
Project
Catholic Worker Isaiah House
316 Cypress St., Santa Ana CA
For April, May and June, we will support Catholic Worker as the house's
remodeling project is completed and families return. Please bring
paperback books and non-perishable food items to the May and June
meetings.
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Ongoing
Projects
- Visit Arlington
West the first Sunday of each month between 8 am and sunset when Orange
County Veterans for Peace set up 500 or more crosses as a memorial to
our veterans. To volunteer for set-up, contact Ken Arnold at arncomp@pacbell.net.
Communicate
and Participate
Join our yahoo group by emailing
Dave Martin at jabbadeus@yahoo.com.
Join our
dfa-link group by visiting www.dfa-link.com and joining the DFA-OC
group.
Add your name to
our local email list by emailing Susan Kopicki at sckopicki@yahoo.com.
Visit www.democracyforamerica.com
to learn more about our naitonal organization.
Sign Up for DFA Link at
Go to www.dfalink.com and join the
DFA-Orange County group. This new organizing tool makes communications
for the group super-easy for everybody. The more members who join, the
more we will be able to accomplish as a group. Just check it out and we
know you'll like it. If you have any concerns or questions, email Susan
Kopicki at sckopicki@yahoo.com.
Democracy for America
Orange County is affiliated with the national Democracy for America
organization founded by Howard Dean and based in Vermont. We ended our
relationship with Meetup.com several months ago. Any communication from
meetup.com or a representative of meetup.com is not in any way
connected to or authorized by Democracy for America - Orange
County.
Melahat Rafiei is our organizer
and Susan Kopicki manages
communications. These are the only two people who have access to the
group's whole email list. If you are receiving email from Meetup.com,
it is because you registered at Meetup.com at some time.
If you want to receive emails from DFA-OC
about upcoming events and major issue alerts, email Susan Kopicki at sckopicki@yahoo.com and request to be added to the DFA-OC
email network.
DFA-OC joins OC Peace Coalition.
Visit www.ocpeace.org for more
information about this coalition of
groups who work to promote peace as a way of life and governing. It's a
good source for information on peace events.
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Other
Sites to Visit
http://www.theorangejuice.com/
Vern Nelson recently began blogging at
theorangejuice.com. Check out his work represeting progressive
ideals at this popular blogspot.
http://calitics.com is a must read
political blog for readers interested in California issues. One of our
own members, Andrew Davey, is a regular contributor and we know you'll
learn a lot about what's happening locally and statewide by reading
calitics.org.
www.stopglobalwarming.org
There is no more important cause than the
call to action to save our planet.
This is a movement about change, as individuals, as a country, and as a
global community. We are all contributors to global warming and we all
need to be part of the solution. Join the 660,220 supporters
of the Stop Global Warming Virtual March, and become part of the
movement to demand solutions to global warming.
www.juancole.com
- for
informed background information on the Iraq War and
Middle East issues.
www.dnc.org -- for
information on how to support Howard Dean's 50 State
Strategy and much more.
http://ocpeace.org - web
site focusing on peace activism in Orange County.
For even more, check out our links page by clicking on "links" above.
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