posted Feb 15, 2012 1:26 PM by Emily Allen
PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS OF SANTA BARBARA:
Our Wednesday, February 15 meeting will be held at the home of our
Chapter Leader Lois Hamilton, at 1432 Mountain View Rd. on the mesa from
6pm to 7:30pm.
Our agenda will include a report from Lois Hamilton and Emily Allen on the California Democratic Convention, which they attended this past weekend in San Diego.
There are some important CA Ballot measures that we want to tell you
about that will be on the California State ballot in 2012. They include
the Disclose Act, the Millionaire’s Tax, and Governor Brown’s Ballot
Measure. The Insurance Rate Public Justification and Accountability
Act, requiring our Insurance Commissioner’s approval of rate hikes
BEFORE taking effect, needs our help to make sure it makes the ballot
deadline. We will be handing out petitions for our membership to collect
signatures for and send into the “Campaign to Make Health Insurance
Companies Justify Their Rates” which we received from our great
Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones. Please come to hear all about it.
Cake and ice cream will be served to celebrate Lois’s birthday on
February 16th. Please bring snacks and beverage to share, if you can.
Please arrive by 6pm so we can end the meeting at 7:30 pm sharp.
Peace Progress, Courage & Compassion,
Lois Hamilton
PDSB Chapter Leader
"Activism is my rent for living on the planet" (Alice Walker) |
posted Jan 12, 2012 5:13 PM by Emily Allen
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updated Jan 12, 2012 5:13 PM
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The Progressive Agenda: Local, State & National Issues
Wednesday, January 18 from 6:30-8:30pm.
Van and Lois Hamilton’s
Home at 1432 Mountain View Rd.; Santa Barbara, CA 93109 (One block off the
top of Carrillo Street on the top of the cul de sac at the end of Mountain View
Rd.)
For more details contact Lois Hamilton
Vlhamilton1@cox.net or (805) 962-9332 |
posted Jan 11, 2012 4:55 PM by Emily Allen
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updated Jan 11, 2012 4:56 PM
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Brown Bag Vigil
Lois Capps’ Office
301 E. Carrillo Street
at 12:00 pm on Wednesday, January 18th
Will you be able to meet with us for a few minutes? Hope to see you then!
We’re asking our Elected Officials to Support this Legislation at our January 18th Vigils:
Healthcare not Warfare: Ask your Representative to join the Out of
Afghanistan Caucus, and support: HR 780 - Rep. Barbara Lee’s bill To
require that funds for operations of the Armed Forces in Afghanistan
shall be expended only for the safe and orderly withdrawal armed forces
and Department of Defense contractor personnel from Afghanistan.
And HR 676 - Rep. John Conyers’s bill Establishes a non-profit
universal single payer healthcare program, an improved “Medicare for
all” program.
And HR 1200 - Rep. Jim McDermott’s American
Health Security Act of 2011 fits within the Affordable Care Act,
establishing universal health care coverage by incorporating Medicare,
Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, the Federal Employees
Health Benefits Program and TRICARE (the Department of Defense health
care program), while maintaining health care programs under the Veterans
Affairs Administration. Insurance sold by for-profit companies will
only provide supplemental coverage.
Jobs Jobs Jobs: HR 870 -
Rep. Conyers “21st Century Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment and Training
Act” To establish the National Full Employment Trust Fund to create
employment opportunities for the unemployed. And, H.R. 2914 - Rep. Jan
Schakowsky’s “Emergency Jobs to Restore the American Dream Act” To
create an emergency jobs program that will fund 2,242,000 positions
during fiscal years 2012 and 2013.
Political Rights for People,
not Corporations: “People’s Rights Amendment” HJ Res 88 - Rep. Jim
McGovern’s constitutional amendment bill to overturn the US Supreme
Court’s January 2010 ruling in Citizens United v. FEC and to make clear
that corporations are not people with rights under the US Constitution.
The introduction of the bill—the “People’s Rights Amendment”—marks a
major breakthrough in the growing movement across the country to end
corporate personhood and restore democracy to the people.
Ongoing work from our BBLV partners: Heal America, Tax Wall Street,
Create Jobs: Financial Transaction Tax and “Hands Off Social Security,
Medicare, and Medicaid” |
posted Dec 3, 2011 2:27 PM by Emily Allen
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updated Dec 19, 2011 7:20 PM
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December PDSB Meeting and Holiday Potluck
Wednesday, 6:00-7:30pm
15 E. Carrillo Street, Santa Barbara, California
It
is time for Santa Barbara Progressives to reconnect and talk about the
wonderful people rising up all over this nation to Occupy Wall Street
and speak out against the terrible injustice being perpetrated against
99% of the American people. The great inequality between
the privileged, criminally immune elite and the working class people
can no longer be ignored. It is time to go on the OFFENSE in 2012 to
hold the political and corporate elite accountable to us! Congress is
starting to get our message and it is up to us in this important
election year ahead to make sure that they know that their actions will
decide their future in office. Please bring some food or beverage to
share if possible. If not, come and share your ideas in the
compassionate and courageous company of your fellow Progressives
Activists.
Lois Hamilton
PDSB Chapter Leader
vlhamilton1@cox.net
(805)962-9332
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posted Oct 21, 2011 12:31 AM by Emily Allen
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updated Oct 21, 2011 12:33 AM
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Wednesday, October 26th at 7PM
A Forum at the Faulkner Gallery --Santa Barbara Public Library
Speakers
Tom Hayden: Author, former State Senator and Sixties peace and justice leader
David Krieger: Author, Founder/President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Elizabeth Afpelberg: Mothers for Peace of San Luis Obispo
Program Sponsor: Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Santa Barbara
Co-Sponsors: Progressive Democrats of Santa Barbara, Nuclear Age Peace
Foundation, Health Care for All, Santa Barbara County Action Network
(SBCAN), Veterans for Peace, Mothers for Peace, Vandenberg Action
Coalition, The Fund for Santa Barbara, The Peoples Coalition, Sierra
Club, Quail Springs Permaculture , Green Party of Ventura County, Santa
Barbara Friends Meeting, United Nations Association (UNA) of Santa
Barbara, Concerned Citizens for Environmental Health |
posted Sep 20, 2011 11:57 AM by Emily Allen
Lois Capps’ Office
301 E. Carrillo Street
at 12:00 pm
Wednesday, September 21
Join us to deliver over 100 letters to Lois Capps from her
constituents, asking her to end all this U.S. war funding that is simply
unsustainable, economically and morally. This will be PDSB’s 20th
month of Brown Bag Lunch Vigils to end wars and occupations. We will
not rest until these wars and occupations end and all our troops return
home to their families. Now, THAT is what “supporting our troops”
really means.
Will you be able to meet with us for a few minutes? Hope to see you then.
Many thanks,
Lois Hamilton
Progressive Democrats of Santa Barbara
Vlhamilton1@cox.net
(805)962-9332 |
posted Sep 7, 2011 1:21 PM by Emily Allen
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updated Sep 20, 2011 12:03 PM
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Please
join us for a screening of the documentary, "Peace One Day", an
inspiring documentary film about one man’s effort to begin a worldwide
peace movement.
We'll be at the Faulkner Gallery at 7pm on Wednesday, September 21.Beautiful harp music and a special guest will make you glad you came. It will uplift you in these troublesome times. This
event has been organized by a local group of citizens who care deeply
about PEACE and are working to grow Santa Barbara’s Peace Day Movement
(SBPeaceDay@gmail.com). Co-sponsored by the SB Woman’s International
League of Peace & Freedom, Veterans for Peace-Local 54, SB Resource
Group, the Mesa Group, and the Progressive Democrats of Santa Barbara
(http://www.pdsb.us) Please come and support this wonderful effort to honor an important day. Come early if you can to help set up the room. Lois Hamilton (one of the organizers) PDSB Chapter Leader (805)962-9332 Vlhamilton1@cox.net
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posted Aug 14, 2011 9:49 PM by Emily Allen
PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS OF SANTA BARBARA will be meeting at our regular
time this Wednesday at 15 E. Carrillo Street from 6pm sharp to 7:30.
Refreshments will be provided.
We have a lot to discuss and plan for our upcoming actions and events, which include the following AGENDA:
1.
Great American Write-In on Saturday, August 27, at the Faulkner
Gallery from 1pm to 3pm. Need people to volunteer to staff our table to
get a Letter to Lois Capps signed—COME
SHARE your ideas. Remember: the rally on State Street for Woman’s
Equality Day falls on that day. It always gets in the news, so let’s
have a presence there, too. SIGNS?
2. INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE event at the Faulkner Gallery on September 21—PDSB is co-sponsoring.
3.
BIG SURPRISE: PDSB is planning an event with WILPF in October on
WHAT NUCLEAR ENERGY COSTS CALIFORNIA / IS IT WORTH THE RISKS AND DANGER?
Sharon Rose has procured Tom Hayden to speak at this event.
I am looking for a volunteer to be our PDSB secretary to take notes at meetings and do write-up afterwards.
Please come a little before 6pm, so we can start on time. We need to be out and cleaned up by 7:30.
Let’s not get disheartened, let’s get to work!
Thanks to all of you who came to my house for our Kick-Off Party for Cathy Murrillo. Great Candidate! Great Party!
Peace, Progress, Courage & Compassion,
Lois Hamilton
PDSB Chapter Leader
vlhamilton1@cox.net
(805)962-9332 |
posted Jul 18, 2011 8:58 PM by Jon Williams
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updated Jul 21, 2011 6:03 PM by Emily Allen
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When: Wednesday, July 20 from 6-7:30pm
Where: 15 E. Carillo St. in Santa Barbara (Between State and Anacapa on the inland side)
Why: We'll be discussing PDSB priorities for the months to come. What should we put our efforts into? Who should we have come to speak to us. How can we inspire and recruit more progressive candidates for office.
Bring your ideas and a positive outlook. We look forward to hearing from you!
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posted Jul 18, 2011 8:30 PM by Jon Williams
When: Wednesday, July 20 from Noon to 1pm
Where: Outside Lois Capps' Santa Barbara Office, corner Carillo and Garden
Why: Let our representative know that we do truly care about how she votes in Congress. We want the war to end. We consider any reduction in benefits from Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid/Medical to be further tax cuts for the rich. We want a universal single-payer health care system, not a patchwork program that leaves millions uninsured or under-insured. We've got signs or bring your own.
It's only an hour out of your life but could make a difference in the lives of everyone!
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