Here are links to some good articles. I bet the first 2 hold surprises for you. The 3rd and 4th are kind of scary. We need to get involved in health care reform, and stand up for what is right and what helps people, not corporations. We all have a lot to lose.
We need to be more involved now, since the election went so badly, too many people voting based on misinformation and rage.
1. Health Reform in the Making, Starting NOW
By Sue Dunlap and Adrianne Black
October 1, 2010
http://www.womensenews.org/story/health/100930/health-reform-in-the-making-starting-now
2. Abortion: An inextricable Part of Women's Health Care
By Cynthia Pearson, Exective Director of National Women's Health Network
Sept 2010
http://nwhn.org/abortion-inextricable-part-womens-health-care
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By now, you’ve probably seen the news that President Obama added restrictions on abortion to a brand new health insurance program, the Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plans designed for individuals who cannot access other insurance coverage. The president, under pressure from groups opposing abortion, decided that the new plans would not be allowed to cover abortion procedures. We were stunned.
3. The Very Useful Idiocy of Christine O’Donnell
By FRANK RICH
Published: October 2, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/03/opinion/03rich.html
4. The Angry Rich
By PAUL KRUGMAN
September 19, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/9/20/opinion/20krugman.html
Plan for signature ad phone banking in Dec in Raleigh. Please contact president@raleighnow.org if you can help! The signature ad will be published on Wednesday, Jan 19, 2011. Contact same for the form.
Plan for 2011 Roe v. Wade event, on the actual 38th anniversary of the decision which gave women the right to control their own reproductive lives — Saturday, January 22, 2011. Contact president@raleighnow.org to help organize the event. There are 2 great documentary options to use if we choose that route.
Wake County’s Women’s Agenda Assembly (NCWU) is January 29, 2011, at Peace College. See www.ncwu.org
Another movie to see - Raleigh NOW watched it in April.
Named for the title character, Harvey Milk (played by Sean Penn) is the first openly gay man in American history to be voted into public office. He started as a neighborhood activist who was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977. We see how San Francisco was at that time, and how the gay community was treated. Milk wants to recruit the gay community into the politics of democracy, to persuade them that the stigma and discrimination they are used to enduring quietly and even guiltily can be addressed by voting, by demonstrating, by claiming the share of power that is every citizen’s birthright and responsibility. It’s a message for us all. Milk had a profound impact on national politics. This film is about how one person can make a big difference. About people sticking up for themselves. It's inspiring. Read more about the film at http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/26/movies/26milk.html And see it if you can. It’s great!