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Dear Progressives,
Today is April 12 and that can mean only one thing: it's time to vote (again). We here at the Progressive Center revel in all things democratic and that means voting often (not in a Chicago sense, but rather for everything from constitutional amendments to school board seats - May 8th this year, cough,cough - sense). We know that you were just getting comfortable after the hard fought primaries but now is not the time to be complacent! There are several well qualified candidates that are still trying to reach you and get you to come out again to vote once more. Many of your precincts have been consolidated for the Runoff Election Day. You can go to your local board of elections website for your county to find the voting locations. Please feel free to look up the candidates for the primaries from the Dallas Morning News Voter Guide or find your local chapter of the League of Women Voters, who do an excellent job of creating handy voting information documents.
Progressively Yours,
Events at The Progressive Center:
Civil Rights Awareness Forum
Saturday, May 8th, 9:30am sign-in - 10:00am to Noon event
What is a civil rights abuse, or just rudeness or insensitivity? If your civil rights have been abused, what do you do? Diana Clark, head of the NAACP Legal Redress Committee, has invited judges and lawyers in our community to fill a panel of experts to talk about what your civil rights are in Texas in the 21st century and what you can do when you feel you've been wronged. The panel will be taking questions and offering very preliminary advice for what can be very complicated situations. RSVP HERE: http://tinyurl.com/Rights201005
Friends of The Progressive Center Event:
Dallas Friends of Public Education Ice Cream Social
Sunday, April 18th, 4:00pm to 6:00pm
 Dallas Friends Of Public Educationinvites you to meet our endorsed Candidates for Dallas ISD Trustee in Districts 4, 5 & 7. District 4 - Camile White, Public Relations Executive and DISD parent of three. District 5 - Dr. Lew Blackburn, Incumbent school board member and Vice President of Business Services for Texas Can! District 7 - Eric Cowan, Accounting manager for Rosewood Hotels and father of two. GO WILD WITH TOPPINGS, OR BE A PURIST AND HAVE NEAT VANILLA! Come by and meet the candidates and eat your fill of ice cream! Children are welcome. For more info, go to www.dfpe.org or call 214.741.6542 (Salon Las Americas, 1004 Ft. Worth Ave, Dallas) |
Other Progressive Events in the Area:
Dallas NAACP & LULAC Joint DISD Election Forum
 Wednesday, April 21st, 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Dallas voters in Dallas Independent School Districts 4, 5 and 7 will have a school board election on Saturday, May 8th, with early voting taking place Monday, April 26th, through Tuesday, May 4th.
The Dallas National Association for the Advancement of Colored People(NAACP) and the League of United Latin American Citizens(LULAC) of North Texasare holding a DISD Election Forum, in partnership with Southwest Center Mall, featuring candidates in those races. The public is invited. Event is free. Voters from District 4, 5 and 7 are encouraged to attend.
(Southwestern Center Mall (1st floor) 3662 West Camp Wisdom, Dallas)
City of Dallas Spring Recycling Round-Up
 Saturday, April 24th, 10:00am to 4:00pm
The City of Dallas Sanitation Department will host a Spring Recycling Round-Up in celebration of Earth Day at four locations from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Residents can bring hard-to-recycle-items and documents to be shredded to Central Market (5750 E. Lovers Lane); Elliot's Hardware (4901 Maple Ave.); Everglade Park (5100 N. Jim Miller Rd.); or Fretz Park (6990 Beltline Rd.) in Dallas. Certified document destruction will be available at all locations.
Residents can recycle glass, paper, plastic (# 1-7), tires, clothing, scrap metal, video games, furniture including mattresses, cells phones and other approved items including used cooking oil. No household chemicals and/or paint will be accepted. The first 50 residents to drop off items to be recycled will receive two free movie passes.For more info, click here to download a detailed flyer.
Mega March 2010 for Immigration Reform
 Saturday, May 1st, starting at 1:00pm
The May 1 march will seek to rally support for congressional passage of a comprehensive, sensible, and feasible immigration bill for the USA. Like the march four years ago, it will begin at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe, the catholic cathedral at Ross Avenue and Pearl Street, and then end at City Hall. There will be speakers from the community at the end of the march talking about immigration reform and giving a call to action.
(Guadalupe Cathedral, 2215 Ross Avenue, Dallas)
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Directions and Contact Information
Our address is:
South Side on Lamar, 1409 S. Lamar Street, Suite 1021, Dallas, TX, 75215
South Side on Lamar is on South Lamar Street between Belleview Street and Arnold Street. Enter South Side from Belleview Street. The Progressive Center is located on the ground floor "Artists' Quarter" next door to the Janette Kennedy Gallery.
Click here for a Google Map
Free parking for event guests is available in the 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
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