Dear Progressives,
The showcase event this week in our eyes - besides President Obama's speeches on health care reform, of course - is the Green The Block events this Friday. Green The Block was created as part of the United We Serve project initiated by President Obama, in part to rethink the legacy of September 11th. Understandably, much time and energy has been spent looking back to grieve over the losses from that day. After several years, however, there's a movement to reclaim that day from anger and sorrow, using that anniversary to look forward and build a better nation. These local events are just a few of the opportunities around the nation to come together and work with common cause through the fellowship of local activism.
We at The Progressive Center are very pleased to partner with other local and national organizations to facilitate this positive, constructive option to honor the collective hardship that spun out of that day, years ago. You can find out more at http://greentheblock.net/ Look up these and other events in your area and sign up!
Hey, don't forget our second back-to-school forum this Saturday morning, focused on the status of Dallas county's afterschool programs, nor the ongoing Committee for the Restoration of Democracy in Honduras meeting this Tuesday night at 7pm (brought to us via partnership with the Dallas Peace Center).
Be Well, and Be Progressive!
Tracy Clinton & Molly Hanchey
Upcoming events at The Progressive Center of Texas are:
Ongoing Committee for Restoration of Democracy in Honduras Meeting
Tuesday, September 8th,
check-in 6:30pm, 7:00 to 8:30pm meeting
The
Progressive Center is hosting weekly meetings on Tuesdays in a partnership with the Dallas Peace Center (www.dallaspeacecenter.org) to discuss the details
of the crisis in Honduras and what actions we may take to help end the coup and constitutional crisis there. Gene
Lantz of North Texas Jobs For Justice (www.labordallas.org)
is the moderator.
Green The Block Events
Friday September
11th, 9:15AM to 10:00PM
9:15AM to 03:00PM - 2922 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.,
Dallas
Community Energy Audit
Hosted
by Jeremy Scroggins - contact: 214-664-5550
Green
the Block Dallas is a grassroots partnership between Hip Hop
Government, The Institute for Urban Policy Research at University of
Texas - Dallas, and The Progressive Center of Texas. This event is
supported by US Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson. The mission of
this project is to increase the awareness of disadvantage
neighborhoods, on governmental programs supporting the environment.
Volunteers will conduct a pre-inspection of homes to assess
eligibility in the Dallas County Weatherization program. Over 500 homes
throughout the 30th Congressional District have been pre-identified
to receive this assistance.
Working
with volunteers and neighborhood associations, this event will not
only educate, residents will be given an arrangement of tools to help
them save energy. The weatherization program provides assistance to
income eligible households by weatherizing their homes to promote
energy conservation and reduce the impact of high utility cost to
households.
3:30 PM to 5 PM, South Side on Lamar, 1409 S. Lamar St., Dallas
Plus E, Ltd. Co., Locomotives, The
Progressive Center of Texas, and The International House of Blues
Foundation (www.ihobf.org)will be hosting a "Make An Impression"
program - a free sustainable arts workshop with area youth that
focuses on creating visual art with 100% recycled materials.The
hands-on workshop will demonstrate how visual art can be created
using recycled and found objects, giving them new meaning in artwork.
The workshop promotes creativity in areas with limited resources
through the unintended use of consumer items in art! For more information: nazanin.fatemian@hob.com or 214-978-4880.
5:10pm to 7:00pm, 2630 Commerce St., Dallas
A community
clean-up, sponsored by locally-owned Recycle Revolution, will start
at the Deep Ellum Community Center (2630 E. Commerce) at 5:10 PM. We
will create clean up groups with the volunteers and head in different
directions, beautifying the area until 7:00PM. For more information: mcheatham@pluseconsulting.com or 602-768-3314
7:00pm to 10:00pm, 2303 Pittman St., Dallas
Plus E, Ltd. Co. and Drinking With
Benefits have organized a Volunteer & Sustainability Decision
Maker Networking Reception at Jack's Backyard
(www.jacksbackyarddallas.com) at 2303 Pittman, and will start at
7:00PM at with leaders from the public and private sectors in regards
to creating a comprehensive plan to and then implementing sustainable
living to the mainstream community. This will not only be a
reception for volunteers, but will also be attended by key decision
makers from the public and private sectors who will be discussing
future grant and small business owners. Outdoor space will be
available for sustainable business owners to display their products
to the public. For more information: mcheatham@pluseconsulting.com or 602-768-3314
If you are a sustainable/green vendor
please email mccheatham@pluseconsulting.com to secure a free booth. Space is limited.
It's 4PM. Do You Know Where Our Children Are?
Saturday, September 12th, 9:30am check-in, 10:00am to noon event
Tanya McDonald, Executive Director and Co-founder of Dallas AfterSchool Network (www.dallasafterschoolnetwork.org) will lead a discussion on the issue of out-of-school time and how it affects each of us in our community. Learn about the links between out-of-school time and social issues like school dropout rates, teen pregnancies, juvenile violence and gang membership. Find out what really happens in Dallas after school, and what it is costing each one of us.
Please sign up at: http://tinyurl.com/School20090912
Other Progressive Events in the Area:
Who
Would Jesus Insure?
A
discussion of health care as a humanitarian faith value
Sunday,
September 13 4:00pm to 5:30pm
As
the Congress returns to work on one of the most important legislative
issues in recent times, the Dallas Area Christian Progressive
Alliance invites you to come to share information and reflect on the
importance of this issue.
Speakers
include Rev. Gerald Britt from Central Dallas Ministries & Dr.
Winfred Parnell of Doctors For America
(Cathedral
of Hope United Church of Christ, 5910 Cedar Springs Road, Dallas
75235)
For
more information: Matthew-25@earthlink.net or call
214/333-7577
Rational Radio Progress Forum
Saturday,
September 19th, starting at 2pm
Don't miss the Rational Radio Progress
Forum with nationally syndicated radio host Thom Hartmann, bio-fuel
pioneer Jes Prouse, activist Cindy Sheehan, and more. Admission $10
/ $5 with student ID.
For
Tickets Please Call: (214)631-2787 or go to Ticketmaster
(Lakewood Theatre, 1825 Abrams Pkwy,
Dallas, TX)
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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.
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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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