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Health Care Reform Special Edition
 Aug 6, 2009










Stand Up for Health Care Reform - and against Mob Rule - with Sam Farr
The people who profit from our broken health care system are starting to panic. That's why they've been resorting to mob rule tactics, organizing disruptions of congress members' town hall meetings across the country. (Click here for who's behind it and why.)

We need to show that Americans stand for affordable, accessible health care - and for democratic debate, not mob rule.

We need to join Congressman Sam Farr at a town hall meeting:

Monterey Town Hall - Sign Up Here
Aug. 10, 6 p.m. (Be there by 5:30pm)
Monterey Institute of International Studies, Irvine Auditorium
499 Pierce St., Monterey

Salinas Town Hall - Sign Up Here
Aug. 31, 6 p.m. (Be there by 5:30pm)
Salinas City Hall Rotunda
200 Lincoln Ave., Salinas
 
King City Town Hall - Sign Up Here
Sept. 2, 6 p.m. (Be there by 5:30pm)
King City Council Chambers
212 S. Vanderhurst Ave. King City

REMEMBER: Don't be drawn into shouting matches. The way we win the debate is not by sinking to their level. We win by out-numbering them, keeping our cool, and sticking to the issues that matter. That's how we helped President Obama win the election, and that's how we're going to help win health care reform for all.

For more information, contact Rep. Farr's district office at 831-424-2229.

Learn more about the issues at HealthReform.gov. To sign-up as a supporter of Health Care Reform, sign up on Organizing for America's HealthCare Action Center. To become active as a Health Care Reform Advocate, sign up for our next Activist Training Workshop.
Your Health Care Story
The most compelling reason for change in our healthcare system are the thousands of stories - your stories - of your experiences with it.

A small group of people who met up at the Center for Change got together when Organizing for America called for the Health Care Kickoff in June. Over the next few weeks the group decided they would get together and make a video of their stories.  It is filmed by volunteer Jules Hart of eyegoddess films.
 
Tell us your story, in print or via video by sending us a message to mystory@montereycountydemocrats.org.
Calling all Health Care Professionals for Health Care Reform
If you are a doctor or other health care professional, please let us know your story about the state of the health care system and why you would like to see reform. Here are three things you can do:
  1. Tell us your story by sending us an e-mail.
  2. Visit Doctors for America for more information about how Health Care Reform will help your profession.
  3. Talk to your colleagues.
Become a Health Care Reform Advocate!
I Am Organizing for Health Care
Join Health Care Reform Advocate Training

Learn how to:
  • Be a community organizer
  • Advocate for reform
  • Use storytelling as an organizing tool
Sign up for Wednesday, August 12, 6-7:30 pm

If you are not able to join us but would like to become more active you can become an online advocate by going to the Organizing for America site.
Health Care Reform Primer
With hundreds of millions of dollars spent by lobbyists trying to persuade legislators and all of us that everything is fine with the health care system, hyperbole and misinformation are rampant.

That is why we've pulled together a few good sources of information into a primer:
Suggest your favorite article, book, or video by sending us an e-mail.