Greetings Progressives,
Tracy's jetting out to Washington, D.C. to meet friends from the campaign and take a meeting about the PCT & OFA, and Molly and Claudia are prepping for a second meeting of the Progressive Women at the office Saturday morning, but we needed to sneak out one more email before the weekend officially began.
If you're interested in a rare opportunity to sit in on a dialogue between two local U.S. Congressional representatives about health care reform, you've got to sign up now for Charting America's Health Care Future on Monday the 17th. Your Progressive Center is a hosting sponsor and we're going to be there. Check out details below! The seating is very limited. Tracy joined many of you at mildly hostile Congressman Pete Sessions town hall in Richardson a few days ago, and he was impressed by the patience and caliber of questioning from progressives. That said, 600+ people showed up at that event with more than a hundred turned away. Please register today for this event on the SMU campus. The colorful, loud Tea Party people will be there, will you be there to represent progressive rationality? We hope so.
Be Well, and Be Progressive!
Tracy Clinton and Molly HancheyUpcoming events at The Progressive Center are:
The
Marcus Graham Project presents "GREEN."
Saturday,
August 15 11:00am to 6:00pm
Green
Period is a "green movement" celebration of creativity,
innovation, and urban renewal - starting with the greatest resource
- YOU! This event is the final presentation of The Marcus Graham
Project's Summer Boot Camp. Students were tasked to create a concept
for their client, Broccoli City, engaging a cross-cultural urban
audience in Dallas on green living. Event begins with a presentation
in the Progressive Center space 11:00am to 12:30pm, then moves to the
MGP workspace for an open house celebration in Loft 111.
This campaign is developed in partnership with the
City of Dallas' Green Dallas Initiative, WFAA Channel 8's Project
Green, South Side on Lamar, Newflower Markets, VEEV Spirits, Tenabes,
Neo Soul Cafe, Project 7 and others.
Website
at marcusgrahamproject.org
You may email to rsvp@marcusgrahamproject.org or
Sign up at http://tinyurl.com/MGPGreen Charting America's Health Care Future
Monday,
August 17 7:30am check-in/Continental Breakfast 8:30am to 11:00am
Join Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson and Congressman Pete Sessions and your community for an important dialogue on proposed health care reform.
Registration (free) is required ASAP as seats are limited!
Register link here!
Invitation pdf link
SMU, Umphrey Lee Ballroom, Umphrey Lee Center, 3300 Dyer St, Dallas, TX 75205
Other Progressive Events in the area:
Ongoing
Health Care Reform Campaign
Mail a Band-Aid to your members
of Congress with a short note. It can be as simple as "We need
health care reform this year." Be sure to include your name and
contact information. A petition can be found online at:
http://healthcare.barackobama.com
Theology
and Social Justice Book Fair (and Ice Cream Social)
Saturday,
August 8th 2:00 to 4:00pm
A
"meet the authors" book fair with fellowship and discussion of
theology and social justice, and an old fashioned ice cream social.
Authors include: Charles Aaron, PhD; Warren Carter, PhD; Suzanne
Johnson, PhD; William McElvaney, M. Div.; Evelyn Parker, PhD.
Produced by The Dallas Area Christian
Progressive Alliance.
(Northhaven
United Methodist Church, 11211 Preston Rd, Rooms 237-239)
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Directions and Contact:
Our address is: South Side on Lamar, 1409 S. Lamar Street, Dallas, Texas, 75215
South Side is on Lamar Street between Belleview Street and Arnold. Enter South Side from Belleview Street. The Progressive Center is located on the ground floor artists' quarters next door to the Janette Kennedy Gallery.
Click here for a Google Map
Free parking for event guests is available in the Sala Tex-Mex restaurant parking lot on the northeast corner of Belleview and Lamar. Paid parking is available in the lot behind Bill's Records and Poor David's Pub.
We encourage you to carpool or ride
DART Rail to the event: either the Red or Blue line to the Cedars
Station, which is just down the street from South Side on Lamar.
ADA assistance is
available for Progressive
Center events by
contacting us. We will make any arrangements needed.
For this or any other questions or comments call us at 214.485.2720 or write to us at frontdesk@progressivecenteroftexas.org
Our web site is at http://www.progressivecenteroftexas.org
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Contributions or
gifts to The Progressive Center of Texas
are not tax deductible.
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