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Updated with added sign-up link for the legal clinic, fixed link to election info, and an additional progressive event this weekend.
Dear Progressives, It was a fantastic turnout on Monday for the Dallas stop of the Organizing For America bus tour for health care reform. We were happy to make the call to Gilley's to arrange an indoor space away from the rain for the hundreds of people who came down to show their support. It feels like we've been talking about this forever, but it has been the same way for all profound, positive change in America: Abolition of Slavery, Sherman Anti-Trust Act, Women's Suffrage, Civil Rights, Social Security, Medicare... Just a little while longer, folks!
FYI: in Dallas, the special election for DISD Board of Trustees we're having (because the Board illegally suspended their elections in May) is starting next month. Early voting is October 19 - 30, with Election Day on November 3rd. Show your appreciation to the DISD Board of Trustees for this bewildering addition to the bills we pay for with our taxes by voting, why don't you? You'll be glad you did! The Dallas chapter of the League of Women Voters has some info about this election at http://www.lwvdallas.org/election_info.html
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 22th, 6:30pm check-in, 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.
Claudia Fowler's Coffee & Conversation -
"Where There's a Free Will" Legal Clinic
Saturday, September 26th, 9:30am check-in, 10am - Noon event
A 2008 FindLaw.com survey reported that 58 percent of Americans don't have a will. You are never too young or too old to draft a will, and now you can do so at a free legal clinic featuring attorneys Cass Callaway, Tina Yoo, Chris Wilmoth, Tonya Parker with special guest Judge Mark Greenberg. This legal clinic should be of special interest to single mothers. Without a will, the decisions of a probate court could determine how your estate is distributed and who will take care of your children. Come out, take an important first step to getting a will, learn about power of attorney and other legal issues.
Please RSVP at: http://tinyurl.com/FreeWill20090926
Other Progressive Events in the Area:
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)
The Dallas Peace Center presents "Music & Musings"
Saturday, September 19th, 6:00pm
An evening for progressive thought with dinner program and concert to benefit Under the Hood Cafe (link), a GI outreach center and coffeehouse - hosted by popular progressive talk-show host, Thom Hartmann. Author David Swanson will talk about his book, Daybreak. Singer/songwriter David Rovics will perform.
Suggested donation: $20 in advance, $25 at the door
Make reservations at www.DallasPeaceCenter.org
(Cathedral of Hope, 5910 Cedar Springs Rd, Dallas)
Block Party Peace Festival
Sunday, September 20, 2:00pm to 8:30pm
Block party to celebrate the International Day of Peace. Includes booths, art, music and a pet parade. At the Bishop Arts District, just south of Davis St. on Bishop in Oak Cliff. Produced by ArtSpirit.
Where's Our Bailout?
Friday, September 25th, 4:30pm
The President of the Texas AFL-CIO, Becky Moeller, returns from the national labor convention just in time to address North Texans about the economic crisis and what working people can and will do about it. She will be joined by real workers carrying out real struggles. The event opens national Jobs with Justice's week of economic fightback and takes place at the same time as the international protests at the G20 summit of world leaders.
For more info: contact North Texas Jobs with Justice, 214-942-4236 or www.labordallas.org
(UAW 848 Union Hall, 2218 E Main, Grand Prairie) .
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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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